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Janak Parekh
06-08-2003, 07:20 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1120156,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.extremetech.com/article2...,1120156,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div>"The same camera you use to take pictures of an Italian vineyard may help you find a 'toletta' several glasses of wine later, if Hewlett-Packard has its way. Researchers in Hewlett-Packard's labs have developed their own method of pairing a digital camera and computing device to translate signs and text in a foreign language back into English. The technology, a software applet running on an Hewlett-Packard iPaq PDA, will hopefully form the foundation for an eventual product, researchers said."<br /><br />Pair this with smart glasses, and you'd potentially have a killer translation combo long-term.

sponge
06-08-2003, 09:05 AM
I've actually seen this in action, although it was an IBM project, using an off the shelf E125 and the CF camera (I forget which one, wasn't there a Casio one?) using a Bluetooth laptop and a sign in Japanese. Very cool to see in action.

I also got a chance to check out the IBM project, forget the name, where the entire PC is in a handheld device, and can be plugged in anywhere, and the Linux wristwatch (he was actually controlling his PowerPoint presentation from it)

Very cool stuff indeed.