http://www.gizmag.com The days of a Universal Translator like the one that made chatting between alien species a non-issue in Star Trek might be some way off yet. But a new device from NEC is definitely a step in the right direction for those of us on planet Earth looking for a way to communicate with other language speakers that doesn’t involve a human translator or a well-thumbed phrase book. The prototype device called a “Tele Scouter” is a glasses type display that translates the foreign language being spoken by a partner and projects the translation onto a tiny retinal display.en gizmag.com http://www.gizmag.com/nec-tele-scouter/13227/#comment-14518 http://www.gizmag.com/nec-tele-scouter/13227/#comment-14518 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:09:14 -0600 http://www.gizmag.com/nec-tele-scouter/13227/#comment-9895 http://www.gizmag.com/nec-tele-scouter/13227/#comment-9895 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:07:32 -0500