Google Reader now translates feeds
If we didn’t have enough feeds to keep track of already, a new feature implemented by the Google Reader team has opened up potentially millions of new feeds by removing the language barrier. […]
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Necklace turns sign language into speech
People who are hearing impaired communicate easily with each other by using sign language. But for those of us who do not understand hand signing, communicating with a deaf person could become a...
View ArticleGoogle’s new programming language is a Go
When frustrated by a programming language there is only one thing left to do: create your own. Google has announced a new open source experimental language it is calling “Go”. Google announced the […]
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ICANN approves Chinese character domain names
When the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Board (ICANN) met last Friday in Brussels, Belgium and approved the “XXX” top level domain name for pornographic material, another decision...
View ArticleWord Lens translates text using the iPhone camera in real-time
We’ve seen a lot of very useful apps appear for the iPhone, but this one takes the cake. Word Lens uses the camera on the iPhone to translate text in real-time. Watching the […]
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Conversation translation added to Google Translate on Android
Jump ahead to 26m 24s to see the Conversation Mode in action Today Google took us one step closer to a universal translator that translates the spoken word in one language to another […]
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Lingodroids: robots that create and communicate in their own language
That day when Skynet takes control and decides humans are inconsequential is getting ever closer, but when it happens we may not understand what the robots are talking about. That’s if research being […]
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Lockheed Martin has developed a translator call-service for...
Learning a language is no easy feat. If you can manage to speak it in real world situations, you’re better off than most. Yet, there are times when knowledge of another language is […]
View ArticleFacebook starts experimenting with comment translations
Facebook is a social network focused on conquering the world by gathering all your friends and relatives in one place. Having over 750 million users counted on its books is the best start […]
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Creator of Python leaves Google to join Dropbox
There’s not that many people in the world that can claim to have created their own programming language, and even fewer who’s language went on to be a major success and used on […]
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This mini-translator attaches to a pen, projects translations on books
In this day and age, it’s not too difficult to translate text between languages — simply copy the text, paste it into one of the various translators available online, and you’ll have a […]
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Algorithm reconstructs ancient parent languages in record time
Though services like Google Translate encompass a large swath of languages that can be coherently translated to another, there are still many more languages that are left a mystery. Now, researchers at...
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How computer science helped out Robert Galbraith as J.K. Rowling
A field called "forensic linguistics" prompted The Sunday Times to correctly accuse JK Rowling of publishing under the pen name Robert Galbraith.
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Oxford dictionary online update sees TL;DR, phablet, and derp added
Every year the folks responsible for the Oxford Dictionary Online empty their inboxes and prepare for a rush of hate mail as they publish the latest list of items that have been added […]
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Working dolphin whistle translator built by Google Glass developer
For a while now, dolphins have been considered to be the second smartest beings on the planet, behind humans. Douglas Adams, of course, would tell you that dolphins are indeed the second smartest […]
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Microsoft emulates Star Trek, turns Skype into a Universal Translator
Skype conversations will have the option of near real-time translations before the end of 2014.
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Oxford Dictionaries declared “vape” to be its word of the year — despite the relatively new devices being a potential carrier of malware. If that didn’t make you weep for language, perhaps knowing that...
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Language learning app Duolingo is going to teach you Klingon
Like a number of constructed languages, Klingon has taken on a life of its own. There are real human beings who are more or less fluent in this language, which has never been […]
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Perceived connection between accent and intellect changed Doctor Who forever
It’s not just what you say, but how you say it. While this might be a piece of advice you heard from your parents growing up, it’s also a real problem in the […]
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Babbler birds found to use language, just like humans do
Language: the ability to create meaning out of a complex arrangement of acoustic sounds. It has been a huge contributor to mankind’s success in this world. We’re able to string together vocalizations...
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