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sounds very interesting steve! especially like question 10. makes you think and wonder... look forward to this panel!

Interesting Steve was just talking with someone about this last night. Hope you get picked. ali

I think this is fascinating. At the InsideMobile event in San Jose last month I spoke with the CEO of EverNote about his assertion that there would eventually be a direct link into the brain for information.

Right now I think that's a bit too sci-fi. The brain is capable of so much without a direct physical link to the brain. What we must augment are the learning process that occur in the cortex during the critical stages of development.

Any American male from my generation only need hear "up up down down" to automatically respond internally "left right left right b a select start". --And experience a perfectly laid cortical mapping.

This strong cortical mapping could not naturally occur in an adult. Though electronic cortical stimulation is talked about, the Franklenstein's monster aspect will keep it far from humans for quite some time. The lab stories with primates are horrific.

I believe there is evidence from studies done by MAPS (http://www.maps.org/) that similar states to the critical period of cortical development can be achieved with 5MEOdimethyltryptamine.

Alzheimer's disease, or, a sharp reduction of neurological elasticity over time cannot be solved by simply reminding the brain of what it has forgotten, the reorganization process of the affected brain needs to be stimulated, to do that we have to understand the reorganzation process or potentially: augment the cortical mapping at an early age to be accessible when events like this occur.

Though, to be honest, I haven't given it much thought yet. I don't have time to fact check everything I've heard or read over the last few years to clarify my positions. So take them with a grain of salt ;)

That Steve Brown is a doctor and a emerging mobile semantic technologist makes this panel look very interesting to me.

SidGabriel

This type of subject matter is exactly what SXSW is all about -- smart, engaging, forward-looking, and all around kick-ass. Definitely deserves an up vote.

FYI - we are already trying to combine smartphones and brain plasticity to let blind people learn to see or "see": http://www.seeingwithsound.com/android.htm (augmented reality for the blind, through seeing with sound)

I think this is the right place and the right time to explore these concepts. Thumbs up.

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Check out the all-star panelists who will dive in to our "Augmenting
Your Brain With Smartphones and Semantic Technologies" panel!

We've got some of the most creative, inspirational and forward thinkers in the
space on board, including:

Jeff Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Smule (Ocarina & Sonic Lighter)
Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald, Co-Founder of Layar, (Leaders in augmented reality)
Nova Spivack, Founder and CEO of Twine (Leading semantic web company)
Steve Brown, Co-Founder and CEO of 3banana (Smartphone application innovator)

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Looking forward to going if we get through!

In the mean time here is what Bruce Sterling has to say "At the Dawn of the Augmented Reality Industry"
http://layar.com/video-bruce-sterlings-keynote-at-the-dawn-of-the-augmented-reality-industry/

Its an hour long but so worth it! Some quotes:
“It’s gonna happen, get ready for it”
“It’s Girls, Money and Fame!”
“You are in for a wild ride”

These questions are great. I always hear about Augmented Realty technologies but never the actual tie between our brain and the information. I would really like to hear more on this topic in depth.

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Leading neuroscientist and author Richard Restak MD joins "Augmenting Your Brain With Smartphones and Semantic Technologies" panel.

Richard Restak, MD, is one of the world's leading neuroscientists and author of 18 acclaimed books on the human brain, including "The Naked Brain," "Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot," and "The New Brain: How the Modern Age is Rewiring Your Mind."

Dr. Restak is joining mobile, augmented reality, and semantic web innovators Layar, Smule, Twine, and 3banana.

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I .like the idea and the questions this panel should be really interesting

This looks like a fantastic talk

NEWS FLASH!

As SXSW enters the final stretch in picking panels, here is a little update on our panel proposal, "Augmenting Your Brain with Smartphones and Semantic Technologies".

The "Augmenting Your Brain" panel includes the entrepreneurs and creative forces behind the most interesting mobile, augmented reality, and semantics companies today: Layar, Smule, and Twine, together with the bestselling author and leading neuroscientist, Dr. Richard Restak. You might not know as much about my company because we were in a cryptic "stealth mode" under the name 3banana when we proposed the panel.

3banana is now Snaptic, and we are one of the leading developers on Google Android. We focus on smartphone apps that make you smarter and more productive.

Snaptic apps are now #1 in Productivity and #1 in Tools in the Android Market. These apps started as a simple notepad and compass, and we have been making them smarter with context awareness, semantics, and sharing. In addition, our original 3banana "Social Notes" app was just rated by TechCrunch as one of the "Top 10 Android Apps" every new Android user should try. By the time SXSW rolls around, lots of people will have Android smartphones, and most of them will be using at least one of our apps.

The name Snaptic comes from synaptic, because our approach to capturing, organizing and sharing information is modeled on the brain. We look forward to a great panel looking toward the future on how the power and connectivity we are packing in our pockets every day can augment our brain.

Best regards,

Steve Brown
CEO, Snaptic Inc.

Layar is looking forward to come to Austin and do this great panel. And in the mean time we keep building the platform and adding cool tools for more and better layers.

We now have over 1000 developers on our platform, over 230 layers live and double that amount in development. With almost 0,5 million downloads in less then 5 months we are working hard to keep the pace. Check out your iphone app store and android market updates for the new browser version coming in December.

Cheers

Maarten
Layar Co-founder
www.layar.com