Go to the local county fair and walk around listening to the various languages and dialects you hear. Depending on where you live, the scope of spoken languages can actually be pretty expansive. Then think that no matter how many languages you think you are hearing in your little corner of the globe, it is but a tiny, minuscule drop in the bucket. Now take second to think about the millions of conversations that go on over the internet each and every day, on a much larger...

As fun, exciting, and simply cool as learning a second language is, some people just don’t have enough time or money to do so. Learning another language later in life after you’ve already spent an entire lifetime with one language is a pretty daunting task. The internet and digital devices in general have helped curb that learning curve and reduce the amount of time needed to learn another language. But the same problem exists — we are still having to...

Big business men or those that travel the world often come in contact with people speaking many different languages. In such cases, a human body translator is normally the best course of action. But technology is a wonderful, wonderful thing. Take for instance, NEC’s Retinal Imaging Display prototype. These glasses work as a personal translator, translating all of the foreign language around you into more manageable *insert your native language here*. Going one...