Samsung Electronics, the world’s third-largest cell phone vendor, looks to transform fourth generation (4G) phones into interpreters and portable doctors:
A Korea Herald article says - "Samsung president Lee Ki-tae, who is in charge of the company’s telecom division, disclosed the plan in an article he contributed to The Korea Times. The entire article will be printed in the Times’ anniversary special on Nov. 1."A 4G device would act as a simultaneous interpreter.The 4G device should break down communication barriers by providing translation and interpretation functions,’’ the 57-year-old wrote. He added that a function for recognizing various sign languages and converting them into spoken language will also be introduced. Further"Lee also predicted the handsets would develop into a go-anywhere health monitor by 2009."A mobile phone three years from now will become a portable doctor and omnipotent medical device enabling the user to check his or her health condition from home, work or anywhere around the world,’’ Lee said.He gave the example of health checkup devices that are incorporated into cell phones, which can gauge the handset owner’s blood pressure or diabetes count and transmit the data to their physicians wirelessly."Upon receiving the data, the physicians will be able to make a diagnosis and send back the results to the device,’’ Lee predicted".
Travel mobility --> health diagnostic and interpretation ability...? This sounds like a very holistic move for mobile devices to cover all ground...is this the future direction?
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