This small device is designed to translate speech in other languages so the wearer can understand.
Which could be a God send in preventing awkward exchanges abroad – or in situations where you’re not quite as linguistically capable as you’d hoped.
Pilot comprises of a pair of earpieces – worn by two people who don’t speak the same language, and it’s thought to be controlled by an accompanying smartphone app.
If it works effectively, the device sounds a lot like the Universal Translator worn by characters in Star Trek to understand alien languages.