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Ariana Anderson, PhD, is an assistant professor in residence at UCLA Semel Institute and a mother of four, who used her own experiences as a mother to create the ChatterBaby app

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UCLA smartphone app translates meanings of your baby’s cries

As any new parent will quickly confirm, the sound of a crying baby can communicate a multitude of things, from "I'm hungry", to "I'm in pain". A team at UCLA has now developed an innovative app that can identify when a baby is crying and help decode what they're trying to communicate.

Scientists are working on an underwater device that could facilitate two-way human-dolphin communications (Photo: szlea via Flickr)

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Scientists working on human-dolphin communication device

Scientists are working on an underwater device that could facilitate two-way human-dolphin communications.

Frank Seide and Kit Thambiratnam demonstrating a real-world use for the Transcriptor! and Translator! projects developed by Microsoft Research

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Microsoft shows off the future at TechFest 2010

Microsoft's annual TechFest is a chance for researchers to show their vision of what tech we'll be taking for granted in the future.