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Infoscope
An infoscope is a handheld device composed of a digital camera and wireless internet access. The device was conceived and developed by Ismail Haritaoglu at IBM's Almaden Research Center and can be used to translate foreign languages by photographing the text then sending the image to a remote computer via the internet for translation. It was named as one of Time Magazine ' s 2002 "Best Inventions."
Article summary
An infoscope is a handheld device composed of a digital camera and wireless internet access. The device was conceived and developed by Ismail Haritaoglu at IBM's Almaden Research Center and can be used to translate foreign languages by photographing the text then sending the image to a remote computer via the internet for translation. It was named as one of Time Magazine ' s 2002 "Best Inventions."
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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