iPad 2, cyborg brains and augmented reality

Tim Ferguson writes, "With the launch of the iPad 2 imminent, there was considerable speculation in February about what the second version of the device would bring to the tablet PC party."


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silicon.com's Apple guru Seb Janacek pondered what features would make the grade on the iPad 2, including near-field communication and the iPhone 4's Retina Display, in Apple Talk: What to expect from the new iPad 2.

Chief reporter Nick Heath indulged in a spot of future-gazing when he interviewed science writer Michael Chorost, who predicts that genetic engineering and computer chips based on neural networks could see people's brains linked together in the future, in Cyborg brains: The next evolutionary step.

Meanwhile Mike Lynch, CEO of Autonomy, Europe's second-largest software company, discussed how he thinks machine-learning software based on a theorem developed by an 18th-century mathematician could fuel the shift towards augmented reality, in Augmented reality, machine learning and the cleric.
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Source: silicon.com