Language

​​It was last year that we first heard about ili, an electronic translator that doesn't require an internet connection in order to work. Now, its makers have taken a step forward by announcing pricing and availability.​

Many older buildings are ornamented with gargoyles, grotesques, famous figures, and the like – but emoji? That's a first as far as we know. Amsterdam's Attika Architekten has adorned a building with 22 of the grinning, laughing, and scowling images.

​A recent study has shown that babies begin learning and storing speech earlier than previously thought. The findings show that language learning in the first six months of life is subconsciously retained even when a child is raised to speak an entirely different language.

Researchers have confirmed what any dog owner would already tell you: that dogs can understand both vocabulary and the intonation of human voices. The researchers used fMRI imaging to look at the brains of the animals during testing, revealing a lot about how their brains react to human voices.

Researchers have used MRI data to create a map of how the brain organizes language. The knowledge could one day help patients suffering from conditions such as motor neuron diseases and strokes in making themselves understood.

A team from Disney Research Pittsburgh and the University of East Anglia has developed a system that could make the dubbing of foreign-language films easier, by automatically suggesting more English phrases that match the actors' lip movements.

Not so long ago, the idea of a universal language translation device making the jump from science fiction to reality seemed preposterous. Google Translate, however, is fast becoming that device. Its most recent update includes seamless conversation and foreign text translation.

A new, MIT-developed language has the potential to significantly streamline web development, taking the stack of technologies which make up a website and putting them all inside a single application that compiles all the required XML, JavaScript, SQL and CSS.

San Francisco startup Learn Immersive has built a virtual reality platform that takes you on Virtual Field Trips to (3D scans of) real-world environments and helps you understand them in their native language.

With over 2.4 million Mazda 2’s sold worldwide since 2002, expectations for the company’s small 5-door hatchback are high. Today the company unveiled its reworked 2016 Mazda 2 that not only features the new Kodo design influences but a range of engines including a 1.5 liter diesel SKYACTIV engine.

Researchers at the Multimedia University in Malaysia have developed an app called the Intelligent Narrator to read out news articles in real-time. Supporting multiple languages, the app can automatically identify an online newspaper's language and read out the news in the same language.

Researchers have developed a glove that teaches users Braille, all while focusing on unrelated activities. The wearable computer uses vibrating motors sewn into the knuckles, and was found to assist in developing motor skills in participants without focusing on the movement of their hands.