REAL-LIFE Universal Translator

Have you ever wanted to use some of those cool gadgets shown in Star Trek? Phaser rifles and replicators are high on my list. How about a universal translator??? Well check this out. It's called the Phraselator and was developed by Applied Data Systems . It's a portable and ruggedized PDA-size device with large vocabulary and speaker independent phrase recognition. It was funded by a DARPA grant for use by US special forces in Afghanistan. Even more impressive was that it only took Applied Data Systems 130 days to produce. But the best part is if programmed correctly, I'm sure it could even translate Klingon =).