Apple's product lineup may extend beyond cars and the connected home. The patent, filed by Apple employee Tetsuya Ishikawa, outlines plans for a temperature-regulated plate inside a chamber that heats up a substance to form a vapor. Vaporizers are also used in industries like healthcare and agriculture, so it's possible Apple is thinking bigger than personal use. California voted to legalize recreational weed in November 2016. The vaporizer joins Apple's patented inventions including a foldable phone and a wraparound iPhone screen, neither of which we've seen in product form.

Source: CNN January 27, 2017 18:11 UTC