A Hot Cup of Jack Squat » instant http://cupofjacksquat.com Randomness has a place to rest Wed, 20 Jul 2011 04:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Pretty On The Inside, Ugly On The Outside http://cupofjacksquat.com/index.php/2010/03/01/pretty-on-the-inside-ugly-on-the-outside/ http://cupofjacksquat.com/index.php/2010/03/01/pretty-on-the-inside-ugly-on-the-outside/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:05:30 +0000 admin http://cupofjacksquat.com/?p=1011 How can they POSSIBLY have made such a crap, 80s-style, corporate/industrial film for this totally fucking amazing technology? It’s so bad – I don’t think this Claytronics technology is for real.

Seriously. Who did this? They should have their nose rubbed in it like a bad dog.

]]> http://cupofjacksquat.com/index.php/2010/03/01/pretty-on-the-inside-ugly-on-the-outside/feed/ 0 Instant language translation on the iPhone – jetpacks must be coming http://cupofjacksquat.com/index.php/2009/07/01/instant-language-translation-on-the-iphone-jetpacks-must-be-coming/ http://cupofjacksquat.com/index.php/2009/07/01/instant-language-translation-on-the-iphone-jetpacks-must-be-coming/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:07:31 +0000 admin http://cupofjacksquat.com/?p=316 A few months ago, Nova Scotia launched a campaign that featured a fake phone that could make coffee, morph into a harmonica, and even give you the closest shave. (this was a long walk off a short pier to get to the message of Nova Scotia – rethink us) Another one of the over-promised features was an instant translator.

Laugh no more.

Dial Directions and Sakhr software have joined forces and are building a real-time voice translation service. This means you can instantly translate what you want to say, right then, right there on your cell. You don’t even have to type it in. Speak into your phone, it’s sent to a cloud, routed through software, and then the translation – in audio and in text – is sent back to your phone in a matter of seconds.

They currently have a beta version for the iPhone and Blackberry.

Check it out!

via TechCrunch

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