From Gene Roddenberry in Star Trek to Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, anyone who spends much time forecasting the future comes to realize that language has simply got to go. In ...

Language is an integral part of culture, intrinsically linked to one’s formative years, and often additional markers such as interpersonal relationships, views and beliefs. Given its ubiquitous uses, ...

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A company called Waverly Labs is working on a wearable translation device that has captured people’s imaginations, generated plenty of buzz, and raised over $3 million on Indiegogo. Its promise? That ...

The recent news of German start-up Bragi leaving the consumer hardware business -- which likely meant an end to its ambitious true wireless earbuds, the Dash -- was unfortunate. I admired the ...

Vasco Electronics previewed its next-generation live voice translation device that is powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and can provide live translations of nearly 50 languages to your ear. The ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Alex Qin and Kazaf Ye introduce TimeKettle's WT2 translator. (Image credit: TechNode/Cassidy ...

From the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Babel fish to Star Trek's universal translator, science fiction has found ways to break down the intergalactic language barriers, but it's something those ...

TL;DR: The Mymanu Orb Open-Ear AI translation earbuds are $139.99 (reg. $179.99) and offer real-time translation in over 50 ...

The Babel fish, from Douglas Adams' magnificent Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is one of those concepts that sticks in your mind. Much like the fish itself, really; in the book, it's a small yellow ...

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