• The Star Trek Universal Communicator gets closer with Google Translate

      Google is helping us get closer into the future every day. They have released an update to Google Translate app that has Instant translation using Word Lens. The Translate app was already able to let you use take photo of text and get a translation in 36 languages. However, now you can point your devices camera to a sign and the Google Translate…

  • What if you could learn a new language by simply taking a pill?

    What if you could learn a new language by simply taking a pill?

      What if you could learn a new language by simply taking a pill? That might be not too far fetched. Just think what that would do for communication around the world. No need to the often very incorrect yet amusing Google Translate or the overly expensive Rosetta Stone. According to MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas…

  • The Universal Translator is Here

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyRQnflIv6Y]   Google Translate app for Android devices  Conversation Mode will record speech and quickly translate it into a language of your choosing. So that means a local can speak his or her native tongue and your Android phone will translate for you in real-time. This is something like the cell phone is right off…