Glasses That Translate for You
Monday, Nov 2, 2009 | Updated 10:15 AM PST
These glasses translate foreign languages for you but not well.
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Having a device that automatically translates other languages on the fly has been a sci-fi dream for years now, but we seem to be edging ever closer to having the technology on hand to make it a reality.
NEC's new Tele Scouter is a retinal-display gadget that translates what people say to you, then displays the translations as text on your glasses.
Unfortunately, it looks pretty bulky, requiring a computer to be hooked up to the glasses to do the heavy lifting.
And even then, the translations aren't really good enough to make wearing this thing in a foreign country practical. But someday, my friends. Someday.
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Posted Monday, Nov 2, 2009 - 10:10 AM PST
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