Steve Jobs made ​​it clear his opinion about the stylus on the day that launched the first iPhone, "yuck!" Why use an accessory like that when we do the same, and more naturally, with our fingers? So it is striking that today sees the light of new patent filed by Apple in the U.S. and we see an optical stylus.

This stylus detects the surface you are pushing and capture an image using an internal chamber. Even the website Patently Apple shows more images that we see a possible integration of audio. The stylus also seems to include various sensors, gyroscope and accelerometer. We do not know why the company has patented this accessory: Apple will launch the market a revolutionary Stylus is compatible with IOS devices?

According to the website Patently Apple, the instrument is called "IPEN".