BBC Focus - 04.2020_

INNOVATIONSDISCOVERIES

Ideas

we likeÉ

Atabletthat can replace

mylaptop

Apple’snewiPadProblurstheline

betweenlaptopandtablet.TheMagic

Keyboardnowcomeswitha trackpadat

thebottom,andthehardwareinsideis

virtuallyona parwiththetechinsidea

MacbookAir.Theoperatingsystemwill

stillbeiOS(ratherthanOSX,whichyou

usuallyfindonMacs),butincreasingly

appsarebecomingjustassophisticated

asfull-scaleMacsoftware.It now

includesa LiDARscanner,whichmeans

it canscanandseetheworldaroundit,

empoweringsomeincredible augmented

realityexperiences.

iPad Pro 2020, from £769, apple.com

puta quad-coreprocessorand10GB

ofstorageonboard,20xwhatits

predecessortheEyewasequipped

with.Theextracomputingoomph

meansthatit shouldgetbetterat

navigatingandchartingtheinsand

outsofyourhouse.OncetheHeurist

hasmappedyourhome,youcantell

it tocleanonlyspecificareasviayour

homeoridentifyno-go areas full of

preciouscables.

Dyson Heurist, £799, dyson.com

Aconsolethat likes your
oldgames
Microsoftis rewritingthebook
whenit comestoconsoledesign
withthismonoliththatwerather
like.TheXboxSeriesX willboast
fullbackwardscompatibility,wit
upscalingtechnologythatwill
actuallymakeyouroldgames
lookbetter.It alsooffersa ‘smart
delivery’system,whichmeansif y
buya gameonXboxOne,it’llalso
delivertheupgradedversiontoyo
SeriesX.It willbeuptoindividu
developerswhethertheyusethe
system.Andofcourse,it almost
goeswithoutsaying,butit willbe
incrediblypowerful.It willbeabl
toplaygamesat 4K,at framesrate
highas120fps.Microsoftsa
it’llbetwiceaspowerfulas
thecurrentXboxOne X.
XboxSeriesX,
£TBC,xbox.com
Out November 2020