How would you like to be able to share a file between an iPhone and an iPad simply by pouring it from one device to another? This is what Apple has in mind with a patent application, unearthed by Patently Apple.

One patent describes file sharing via “physics metaphors,” such as one device “sucking” files from another, or “pouring” them from one to another like water, with an accompanying sound effect.

   

Another patent application describes the possibility of using new 3D gestures to create and manipulate 3D objects, with possible applications in CAD and gaming.