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A demo of a real-time OCR/translator use of Google Goggles — use a camera phone to snap a photo of foreign language text, a German menu in the demo. Tap an upload button and instantly a translation appears. Very cool, but I haven’t yet figured out the purpose of the sunglasses on the forehead.
Finally paid attention to this Nike ad that is running during the Olympics. The song, Ali in the Jungle (Pandora link), by the Hours, is my new favorite inspirational song of the moment.
Recently, a couple of major manufacturing facility announcements have provided Tennessee some critical mass in the production of the type of silicon used in solar panels — polysilicon. But please, rather than start calling Tennessee the “Silicon State” (the Volunteer State works just fine, thanks), let’s try “The Polysilicon Plateau” or something. Just saying. (via: Venture Nashville.)
*And that rhymes with Dolly-silicon, another form of silicon the state is known for —
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