Waverly Labs is crowdfunding a purportedly forthcoming "Pilot" earpiece to translate spoken language in real time and facilitate communication between individuals separated by a language barrier. What ...

From Gene Roddenberry in Star Trek to Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, anyone who spends much time forecasting the future comes to realize that language has simply got to go. In ...

Whether traveling internationally or interacting with locals who don’t share your native language, language barriers can make simple tasks like ordering food or introducing yourself feel impossible.

Frequent flyers will probably go for beam-me-down technology or that elusive flying car, but universal language translation would probably be pretty high up most people’s lists too. And unlike food ...

Language is an integral part of culture, intrinsically linked to one’s formative years, and often additional markers such as interpersonal relationships, views and beliefs. Given its ubiquitous uses, ...

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a new language translation device that can be used in real time," said an inventor, from Las Vegas, Nev., "so I invented the EAR BUD ...

Now that the internet has connected roughly 40 percent of the world’s population, one of the biggest barriers still standing in the way of international communication is language, but that could soon ...

People can save lives when they speak the same language. Technology has advanced such that we can instantaneously communicate with people in the farthest reaches of the world without breaking a sweat.