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So, as we sit here, waiting for Apple to reveal their much ballyhooed tablet device to the world, we can’t help but imagine what kind of crazy technology Apple’s “next big thing” will feature. Well, we did a little digging through Apple recent patent applications, and we’ve come across one patent that could have some truly innovative implications for the imminent Apple Tablet/iSlate/iPad. A newly published Apple patent, titled “Light Sensitive Display With Object Detection Calibration,” describes a technology that would essentially turn your display into an image sensor. Weblogs founder Jason Calcanis tweeted previously that the Apple Tablet has facial recognition features, which could possibly be the first implementation of this display-as-image-sensor tech.
Will the tablet feature display-based facial recognition technology? We’ll know soon enough…
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
