Apple invents brilliant ‘transparent texting’ solution that has already existed for years **w this is a good idea. In the age of the smartphone as an extension of our bodies, people's faces are always buried in their iPhones and Android phones*while they walk around. We see people walking into each other and into stationary objects all the time on trips to and from our Times Square ******. Is there **thing that can save these poor souls from awkward collisions? Thankfully, Apple may soon come to their rescue with a brand new invention... that was already invented years ago.