Japan’s NEC hopes to do away with the need of human translators/interpreters with a new system that they are hoping to bring to market. The visible parts of the Tele Scouter are an eyepiece, a front-mounted camera and mic, and a small computer that the user wears around his or her waist.

The camera/mic combination picks up sound, the computer transmits it to a server that translates it then sends it back and the eyepiece projects a translation in a pre-selected language onto the user’s eyeball.

The initial plans for the device are for providing engineers with high-resolution guides and manuals to help with the installation and repair of equipment. Considering the price-tag of about $8.2 million for a single system that could serve up to 30 people, I would say that the products that they are aiming to support are their supercomputers, which can have multi-million dollar price-tags on their own.

They are planning on selling 1000 of the systems over the next three years. [CNET]

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People seem determined to stick a USB plug on just about everything, so why not stick a 2GB memory chip in the handle of a comb and make it a thumb drive? It helps you look good and saves your precious data at the same time. We shouldn’t be asking “why”, we should be asking, “why not?”

Price: $35 [Craziest Gadgets]

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Brando’s bamboo keyboard and mouse combo is a fairly attractive desktop solution both for people that aim to save the planet one plastic product at a time and those that just like the feel of organic material under their fingertips.

Price: $52 [Geek Alerts]

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Flavoring beef jerky with guarana is a great way to add caffeine to it without simply saying that you are adding caffeine to it. Which brings us to the next problem, beef jerky with caffeine. It seems a little silly, but it is probably healthier than sucking on energy drinks all day, so bon appetit.

According to the manufacturer:

Perky Jerky caffeinated beef jerky is the world’s first performance enhancing meat snack. Put simply, we’ve combined the most tender and flavorful beef jerky, with an extra dose of energy (caffeine, from the Guarana we add) to provide a jerky experience you won’t find anywhere else.

Price: $5 for a 2 oz bag. [Geekologie]

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While the dangerous look that comes from the digital camo paint-job and the weapon-esque styling won’t help you rack up more kills, the extra button on the back that means you can reload without your thumbs ever leaving the sticks will.

The X-360 version isn’t wireless, which is a bit of a drag (more so considering that the PS3 version is), but some sacrifices are worth making.

Price: $50

[via Gizmodo]

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