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The Star Trek tricorder has become a reality, thanks to the hobby project of a cognitive science researcher. Dr. Peter Jansen has developed a handheld mobile computing device that has a number of sophisticated embedded sensors. The device is modeled after the distinctive design of the 24th-century tricorder.

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Microsoft’s Universal Translator software was created by Frank Soong. It’s software that’s basically able to speak in the user’s own voice, smoothly in sentences. Right now, Microsoft’s UT speaks 26 languages but there are more to come. All you need to do is speak English into it and it will convert it into different languages, from Spanish to Mandarin. All told, it takes about an hour to train the system with your voice.

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The iPad may not have changed the world of computing quite yet, but it is still a pretty nifty device. An e-book reader, a newspaper, an entertainment center and a workstation, this device can do a lot in a very small package.

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Watching the original Star Trek series, it is hard to believe anyone could keep a straight face long enough to get a good take while Captain Kirk strut his sexy stuff. It appears those doubts are not far off the mark after getting a peak at the inevitable crack-ups and breakdowns on set.

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Anyone can be a Super Star, pin yourself or any other twitter up for the next 36 hours, as long as there are still empty slots.

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