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 ...

The Fluentalk T1 Mini Handheld Translator is not just a device; it’s a statement. Compact enough to fit in the palm of your hand, the T1 Mini boasts a design that’s both elegant and functional. Its ...

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Many of us have wanderlust, but traveling to a foreign country can be quite scary. The biggest barrier to travel is unfamiliarity with the local language. Luckily, you don’t need to spend months ...

We’re getting very close to a Babel fish era, where you can just stick something in your ear and converse fluently with any human on Earth. But in the meantime, we have our smartphones. Travis the ...

The Coast Guard is getting handheld voice-to-text translators. The Silicon Valley Innovation Program, run by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, has awarded Phase ...

The VoxTec Phraselator may be the closest thing we have to Star Trek's universal translator. The one-pound PDA-like device picks up what the speaker is saying via a built-in microphone and translates ...

Faced with daunting translation problems in war and disaster zones around the world, the U.S. military is refining a handheld voice-translation device that will soon be used by police and ...

With dozens of languages spoken in Los Angeles, police sometimes have trouble being understood. But a new hand-held device called the Phraselator has eased the communication gap. An officer merely ...

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 ...