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Switched:  New Glasses Let You See in Foreign Languages

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@skicco 新型の携帯電話がでてもあまり欲しいとは思わないのだけれど（使わないから）セカイカメラでちょっと欲しくなった。未来がやってきた感じ。これも欲しいけどねｗ http://www.nec.co.jp/solution/telescouter/index.html 3 days ago

RT @mifdesign: Tele Scouter「テレスカウター」は、メガネ型ディスプレイとウェアラブルコンピュータ端末を活用した業務支援システムです。B! http://j.mp/4Gevdc 10/26/2009

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New Glasses Let You See in Foreign Languages
Switched — ... NEC's latest Tele Scouter is a retinal-display device that attaches to eyeglasses and acts as a translator for whomever's speaking to you. The entire ensemble consists of the lens display, a camera, a microphone, and an itty-bitty portable computer. The microphone picks up the conversation, and then transmits it to a small computer around the wearer's waist. The computer sends the data to a server which does the actual translating. The freshly baked translation then comes back and is displayed as text on the retinal-display. ...

NEC glasses beam translations onto retina
Techradar - All the latest technology news — If it were early April we'd take NEC's claims for its latest prototype gadget with a sack load of salt, but as it's November we'll have to turn down the disbelief and pay closer attention. The company's Tele Scouter glasses were unveiled this week in Tokyo to – it's fair to say – some scepticism in the local press. Babel Fish for real? That's probably because NEC says the specs can function as an optical version of the Babel Fish of Hitchhiker's fame and simultaneously interpret multiple languages. Moreover, the device outputs the ...