{"id":23628,"date":"2016-07-19T14:37:52","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T14:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codewebbarcelona.com\/la-torre-de-babel-en-mi-oreja\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T23:30:28","slug":"babel-in-my-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codewebbarcelona.com\/en\/blog\/babel-in-my-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tower of Babel in My Ear!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can\u2019t imagine how excited I was the other day when I opened up the web design studio<\/strong> computer and, as usual before starting work, dove into the latest graphic design<\/strong> and web design<\/strong> magazines I regularly browse to keep up with the industry.<\/p>\n

So you can imagine my surprise when I came across an article in Neo2 magazine about a brand new product on the market\u2014a universal real-time translator.<\/p>\n

Amazing! Yes, you read that right: for just 300 euros, you can have a translator right in your ear. When you think about it, that\u2019s not a bad price for a universal translator. After all, there isn\u2019t enough money in the world to pay for all the classes needed to learn Spanish, German, French, Italian, and English\u2014and that\u2019s just thinking about the cost. Realistically, I know I don\u2019t have the brainpower to store that much language knowledge.<\/p>\n

The Tower of Babel in Your Ears<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s true\u2014those of us who have invested a ton of time, money, patience, and, at first, a whole lot of embarrassment, might just be the last people around here who\u2019ve had to work so hard just to master a single language!<\/p>\n

The company bringing this product to market is Waverly Labs<\/a>, and their technological marvel is called Pilot.<\/p>\n

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Pilot is a system made up of two earpieces\u2014one for me, one for you! Both are managed by an app<\/strong> with the translation technology needed for us to understand each other, even if we speak different languages.<\/p>\n

According to its creators, the app<\/strong> doesn\u2019t require an internet connection, since everything needed for translation is already on your smartphone.<\/p>\n

Bless these smartphones\u2014the smarter they get, the less we seem to use our own brains, or so I fear.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s be honest: machines are here to make our lives easier, so we can spend more time on the things that really matter.<\/p>\n

This gadget is set to hit the market in September 2016. We\u2019ll have to wait and see what users\u2014the real product testers\u2014have to say about it.<\/p>\n

Personally, I love the idea of not having to worry about communication barriers when I want to share an idea born in the web design studio<\/strong>. It\u2019s true that more and more clients from other countries are choosing the talent of Barcelona\u2019s web design studios<\/strong> and the human touch we bring to every project.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the promotional link from the folks at Waverly Labs, in case you\u2019re one of those people who struggles with languages and want to check it out.<\/p>\n