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A computer accustomed to your accent may recognize your words from lapel or headset microphone input better than a stranger a meter away.
The computer is built into a backpack that connects to your sweater, which has a flexible black and white display* on the front. After a slight pause, the computer
instructs your sweater to subtitle your sentence so that others can verify what they might have missed.
Inside the backpack a control panel has an interface for computer-generated translation and display options.
*I read that these are possible with E-ink, microspheres with charged ink particles that will move to the surface or to the back depending on the state of a small electromagnet behind. These microspheres and electromagnets mount to some flexible material.
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Thesis a one duffle-eyed ear! |
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[+] Make it a T-shirt, though - a sweater is a bit much in a noisy nightclub. |
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<squints through the cloud to read sweater> |
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WHY IS THAT WEIRDO STARING AT MY TITS? |
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Display the subtitles in cyrillic, to give yourself a pirated look. |
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Yes, some of the proposed forms of electronic paper would do this. I'm rather keen on the system that uses spheres that are half-black, half-white and whose orientation can be controlled. |
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When you're not talking you could set it to display your favourite Twitter feed. |
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