Apple's "special event" scheduled for next week (and probably heralding the arrival of a new iPod Touch) is intended to excite consumers, but it is yesterday's Apple news that's sure to capture the imagination of industrial designers.
As reported by Cult of Mac, Apple has or will soon have "the most advanced manufacturing machine on the planet," a prototype injection molding machine designed to accommodate Liquidmetal, the new material recently licensed by Apple. (The photo above is a "similar" machine made by the same company, Switzerland's Buhler Group.)
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