Apple’s Alien Minions
By: Matthew Battles | Categories: Haw-Haw, Spectacles

With speculation on the appearance of Apple’s tablet computer rampant, a minor detail, which has entirely escaped the notice of breathless commentators, may prove the most important of all. Among Apple’s patent filings pursuant to the forthcoming device is clear evidence that the engineering effort is staffed by aliens.

This specification drawing, culled from an obscure source, gives unmistakable evidence of the otherworldly origins of Steve Jobs’ fabulous gizmos:

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I mean, the hands—my god look at the hands!

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About the author: Matthew Battles

Matthew Battles, Hilobrow's cofounder, writes about language, history, and technology for many publications. He's also the author of Library, An Unquiet History.

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5 Comments to “Apple’s Alien Minions”

  1. Peggy Nelson says:

    I wonder if they play chess?

  2. Matthew Battles says:

    Uncanny, isn’t it?

  3. Freakish. The hands seem particularly obsessed with those few specifics keys. “MAI KEYBRD!”

  4. Rick says:

    It looks as if the image was made just as the creature was being stabbed in the back by a fork.
    Gaah!

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