Apple patent suggests devices could protect themselves from falling damage

Your iPhone probably wasn’t cheap, and if you’re relying on a budget case (or, worse yet, nothing at all) to protect your investment, there’s a good chance a long fall will do some serious damage. But what if your device was smart enough to protect itself from damage in the event that you knock it off your kitchen table or drop it during a spirited run in the park? That’s exactly what a new Apple patent is suggesting.

The patent is titled simply “Protecting an electronic device,” but the technology behind it is anything but ordinary. The description details — For more information read the original article here.