Computers are talking to us, telling us which restaurant we should go to tonight, helping us drive, and diagnosing patients. ... Amazon's Kindle, Samsung's Galaxy Note, Microsoft's Surface Pro, Google's Nexus 10 and Sony's Xperia Tablet Z are only a few that come to mind when I think of the huge shift to tablets that was made after the iPad was released. ... Companies like Microsoft and Google had to come up with their own version of an iPad, one that would attract customers looking for a tablet, but maybe not one from Apple. ...

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Andy Clark and David Chalmers talk about technology as if it were scaffolding that extends our reach, our vision, our mental capacity (Silva, 2016). ... It's also interesting that the way we talk about our use of technology suggests our adoption of it into our definition of humanity; I would say "I am texting my friend" as opposed to "I'm using my phone to text my friend". ... In his talk he showcases the use of one particular implanted technology which transmits signals to the brain when an object comes within a certain proximity, which will undoubtedly largely o...

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