Word Lens goes viral

[zridling]

Taking us one step closer to Star Trek's "universal translator":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2OfQdYrHRs

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[techidave]

awesome!

[JavaJones]

Thank god "the future" finally arrived!

- Oshyan

[Deozaan]

That's cool!

[jaden]

This really is amazing.  I was incredulous while watching the video.

[zridling]

This could be really helpful in future iterations, assuming advances in smartphones. For example, if your phone had infrared or image intensifying tech then you could read things like signs or numbers in the dark or poor light. In its present version, you need both good light and a still hand.

Surely James Bond has one of these lying around somewhere, right? British DC'ers, help us out on this one; make a call to MI5 or Major Boothroyd if you know the number!

[JavaJones]

Actually, it looks like the military sees cell phone technology as sufficiently advanced - presumably more so than anything they already have - that they're thinking of giving every soldier a smart phone:
http://communication-solutions.tmcnet.com/topics/communication-solutions/articles/127767-us-army-may-issue-smartphones-every-soldier.htm

So perhaps our ideas of the universally advanced nature of military tech are a bit overblown. These days the consumer sector is often where seriously mind blowing futuristic stuff is happening. Hooray for us!

- Oshyan

[Tuxman]

Waiting for an Android port ...