Google Goggles Now Offers Mobile Translation
Google Translate is already a very useful service but Google Goggles on Android devices aims to manufacture life a little easier for you. Instead of having to type out the words that you’re trying to translate, you could always snap a picture using your Android-powered phone and run it through Google Goggles, whether Google recognizes [...]
Google Acquires Visual Search Company Plink
Google has just bolstered its search prowess by acquiring Plink, a U.K. based visual search company that won $100,000 in the Android Developer Challenge last December. The company’s claim to fame is PlinkArt, an Android app that allows users to identify paintings and artworks by just snapping a picture from your phone’s camera. Plink’s founders, [...]
GoBandit HD GPS camcorder
GPS technology seems to be making its way into many platforms these days, with the GoBandit HD GPS camcorder being yet another one to fall “victim”. that device offers 720p HD video recording capability, is waterproof and comes with a rotatable lens, not to mention built-in GPS capability that shows off your current speed (as [...]
Wearable Robot project
Now here is one of the more different robot projects out there from the folks at the Tsumaki Telerobotics Laboratory (Yamagata University) who have devised a Wearable Robot. Known as the Telecommunicator T1, that experimental model aims to offer gestural presence that you do not obtain from a cellphone conversation as it sits on your [...]
Nexus One Update Grants It Multi-touch And 3G Connectivity Fix
Not having multi-touch was a big issue when the Google Nexus One was launched, but thanks to the latest update, Nexus One users won’t have to take flak from others who poke fun at it due to the lack of multi-touch anymore. The latest update plus includes a general fix, which should help improve the [...]
Solar Powered Eye Implants Are Coming
One of the biggest problems faced by researchers who are working on eye implants is the source of capability; after all, you’re not going to plug yourself into a wall socket for charging, are you? It seems some that folks by at Stanford might have come up with the solution, which of course, involves solar [...]
Google Goggles Demo On XPERIA X10
Want to see more videos of Google Goggles in action? Check out the video of it running on Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10. In case you didn’t already know, Google Goggles is a visual search app that’s available for Android phones, allowing you to take a picture of an object using the camera on your phone, [...]