Every once in a while, I get to review a gadget that amazes me. When you read the description, you think, “wow, this can’t possibly work,” and when it does work, you swear it must be magic. I’ve been ...

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Sharp Electronics showed a space-age level universal translator device this week at the CEATEC show. The iPod-size device is still under development, but the working model on the show floor was ...

Imagine you're in a foreign country where you don't speak the language, and you need to decipher a confusing train schedule in a hurry. Wouldn't it be handy to be able to talk into a device, asking ...

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January 12, 2007 The barriers between cultures that create fear, mistrust and conflict seem to be dissolving – first distance and now language is going the same way as the Berlin Wall. At CES, ...

Every once in a while, I get to review a gadget that amazes me. When you read the description, you think, "wow, this can't possibly work," and when it does work, you swear it must be magic. I've been ...