Google "Translate For Animals"

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This is a sort of second coming that ageing film-stars and out-of-work models would long for. The tablet was an all-but-dead product category, one that never really got off the ground sales-wise, despite the big push from Microsoft way back in 2002. But with the iPad, Apple's wiped the slate clean, opening up the flood gates for a slew of contenders that promise to revitalize an almost obsolete form factor, or to say, completely change the way we interact with our computers. Here's a small peek at what on the cards in 2010.

HP Slate :

Squint a little, and you could easily confuse the HP Slate with the Apple iPad. With a similar sleek profile and a large 8.9 inch capacitive display, it almost is. But it runs on the touch-enabled Windows 7 platform. Along with the netbook specs, it supports Flash and has got multi-tasking capabilities which the iPad lacks. It also packs in 2 built-in cameras (front and back) along with video recording. Looks like HP has all he iPad's bases covered, and then some more.

Notion Ink Adam :

Here's one from my country, India. Notion Ink, a small Indian start-up is talking big with the Adam. This Android based slate not only boasts of a sleek design, but also of the 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 chip that acts both as a chip and a graphics card, allowing you to playback videos at 1080p on the 10 onch display. The real genius is he Pixel Qi screen which can switch from backlit LCD mode for web browsing to a low-power electrophoretic reflective mode for power saving (16 hours) and becomes easier on the eyes.

Fusion Garage JooJoo :
This is from the Singapore-based Fusion garage. Other than iPad, JooJoo is the only other slate that is commercially available at the moment. With a 12 inch screen this Intel Atom/Nvidia ion powered tablet promises full Flash HD and a decent interface over the custom Linux platform. But it misses out in many things - No Apps, no multi-tasking, no e-books and a 5 hour battery life.

More models to come in the next post.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Google "Translate For Animals"

Posted by Sourav 3:42 AM

Do you understand the meanings of all the sounds made by your pet? Even if you are very much familiar with your pet, I bet you don't understand all the communications that he/she might want to make. It is nothing new that there is a huge, and I mean really huge communication gap between humans and animals. The gap is so huge that humans were totally clueless about the animal sounds. But thanks to Google (yeah, king of everything.right?) that the gap is going to reduce to some extent.

"Translate For Animals" is the app that I am talking about. This Android app will translate animal sounds into meaningful English sentences or words. It is a beta application aiming to narrow the communication gap between humans and animals. Google has taken the help of the world's top language synthesis teams and also of the experts in the field of animal cognitive linguistics in order to develop this app.

This app is made for the Android phones. Using it is pretty easy. Just search the Android marketplace and install this app in your Android phone. Then record your pet's sound. The record will then be sent to their cloud database for processing purpose. It will be interpreted and transcribed in English to your phone. Then just hear the translated version. Simple, isn't it?

Nothing can be said about the accuracy, but this one is surely going to be a fun experience. While trying to know about the feelings of your pets, you will come much closer to them. And this will also increase your love for your pets.

Here's a link for a demo(opens in a new tab). Translate For Animals

Oh! I am sorry that I neglected the crucial thing about this app. Thanks to Arafat for letting me know about that. Check the comments section to know it. :P
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Arafat Piyada · 778 weeks ago

That was an April fool prank from Android developer. Good to see you write a whole article on that app. :)
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titan_90 36p · 778 weeks ago

Oops!! Anything about April Fool didn't catch my attention when I did a search about this in Google. Thanks for telling this. Now what to do with this post? :P

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Arafat Piyada · 778 weeks ago

Nothing, just add - "It's an April fool prank, seriously". At the end. To make it funny.
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