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Dolphins are being taught to use computers to communicate with humans. A human-cetacean translation tool will be demonstrated in early 2011 - with hardware supplied by Panasonic and its range of Toughbook laptops. Jack Kassewitz, 63, co-founder of SpeakDolphin, a Miami-based group that conducts dolphin research, originally …
What the hell for ? I mean FFS, I'm a big fan of the fondle slab, but I am not filled with confidence in the ability of these people to communicate with dolphins if their first choice of platform for this task was an iPad.
Time will tell, I suppose, and we'll know if they've cracked it if the first translated sentence goes something like : "[untranslated sound : laughter ?] look, that monkey dropped his shiny thing in the tank, what a [untranslated phrase : relating to genitals ?] dumb ass "
"When two different dolphins are shown an uncharted object - a flower pot, for example - the response is almost identical and different from other sounds"
So what IS the dolphin for "wotthefuckizzat?"
Actually, I can imagine that the dolphins ould enjoy this new toy. Means they can think down to our level without getting a migrane.
Why else would their fear of damaging the shiny tech toys be a major factor in their willingness to take part in the study?
It says something about how mind-numbingly stupid and brand-obsessed humans are that it took a bloody dolphin to point out that the iPad was entirely unsuitable for the task......
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