Apple is researching how to bring its Apple Vision Pro physiognomy sensor technology to give iPads and iPhones the ability to detect stress in a user.
Back in the 1980s, if an original Mac went wrong, it would play the sound of a crash, and display Susan Kare’s bomb icon. It was a piece of whimsy that you really, really, really did not appreciate when you’d just lost your work.
Decades on, Apple could be about to make a similarly enraging move, though this time with good intentions. Apple wants to add a new health feature, where a device such as an iPad can tell when you’re having a bad day.