Instead of using a display comprising a number of separate layers, Apple could use in-cell touch display technology, according to a Friday report from Digitimes.

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The painting, which was not thought to be important and in a bad condition, was covered in layers of dirt and varnish and was not on display at the Bowes Museum.

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The iPhone 5's display uses a new technology, In-Cell Touch, that requires fewer layers than previous generations of touch displays.

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But this bundle consists of layers of capabilities or functions: storage, memory, graphics, processing, input, display, communications, and odds and ends.

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The installation, currently housed at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing, layers 12 of its component clear plastic sheets to create a roughly one-foot deep display that plays a simple pre-drawn animation.

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