The ability to understand someone speaking a foreign language could soon be as easy as wearing a new earpiece.
Waverly Labs is behind an earpiece called the Pilot that is eerily similar in scope to Star Trek’s Universal Translator that allows individuals to translate languages in real-time.
The smart earpiece works by canceling out ambient noise to concentrate on what is being said by a speaker
And then funnels that data to a complementary app that screens it for translation and speech synthesis, according to its website.
Pilot isn’t the first — and likely won’t be the last — piece of tech made for the translation marketplace.
However, where this device really shines is with its instantaneous translation possibilities that remove the sometimes awkward waiting game. Read more
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