苹果或进军医疗设备与汽车领域 曾与特斯拉谈收购|医疗设备|汽车
新华网2月18日电 据美国科技博客Gizmodo报道，《旧金山纪事报》近日在报道中称，苹果公司目前正研发新产品的生产线，或进军医疗设备和汽车领域。
据报道，苹果正大力研发医疗设备，尤其是能预测心跳的感应技术，由曾发明了THX和10.2环绕音的著名音频工程师Tomlinson Holman所率领。苹果希望通过研究血液流经动脉时候的声音去预测心跳。
报道还指出，苹果正与生产健康追踪手表的可穿戴设备商Basis Science就收购事宜进行谈判。由此可见，苹果公司至少已经对医疗领产生了兴趣。
据《旧金山纪事报》的消息来源透露，苹果还曾与特斯拉汽车CEO Elon Musk进行了会面。目前尚不清楚苹果与特斯拉商谈的具体内容，但有可能是关于将iOS整合到特斯拉汽车车载娱乐系统中的事宜，或其他更大的动作。
当然，苹果在研发新产品时总是表现得雄心勃勃，苹果很有可能已经安排人员进行医疗设备和汽车相关技术的研发，但这并不意味着苹果最终能获得成功，最终的结果还需拭目以待。
译者：张免
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A report from the San Francisco Chronicle suggests that Apple is working to develop new product lines—including medical devices and cars
The newspaper is light on detail, but does describe how , according to their sources, Cook & Co. are working with with audio engineer Tomlinson Holman—who invented THX and 10.2 surround sound—to develop a medical device. The Chronicle claims that it is capable of predicting heart attacks by listening to the sound of blood flow.
Incidentally, that chime with other reports this morning that suggest Apple has been in talks with Basis Science —which currently manufactures the Basis Health Tracker Watch—about the possibilities of a potential buy-out. Taken together, they suggest that Apple is perhaps at least a little bit interested in breaking into the medical sector.
Elsewhere, the San Francisco Chronicle's sources also claim that Apple has been in discussions with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. That's pretty much where that rumor runs out, though—there are no details as to what the meeting may have alluded to. Indeed, it could be something as small as including iOS in the dash, or something way bigger.
All of this, of course, needs to be taken with a healthy pinch of salt. Of course Apple thinks big when it comes to new products, and more than likely it does have some people working on medical devices and car-related technology—but that doesn't mean any of it will ever necessarily see the light of day. Still, it'll be fun to find out. [San Francisco Chronicle]
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