Apple (AAPL) has a new car dashboard design that it calls revolutionary. The dashboard design encompasses touch screens, cameras tracking head and eye movements, lasers as light sources, and voice controls. Apple claims that its design will cost less than traditional dashboards, will be more visually appealing, and enhance safety. The U. S. Patent and Trademark office has granted Apple patent number 8,482,535 titled ‘Programmable tactile touch screen displays and man-machine interfaces for improved vehicle instrumentation and telematics.’ The patent has 23 claims. Here are the five reasons why Apple’s new car dashboard design will fail. The Design Is Inelegant