Imagine a device that would let you "talk" with your dog or cat. One that could help you ask a cow a question or converse with a dolphin.
Two Arizona scientists say computers may someday bridge the language gap between humans and other animals.
"You could have this little thing hooked to your belt and you could speak and it could be translated into animal language," says John Placer, a computer scientist at Northern Arizona University.
It sounds like pure science fiction, and at this point it still is.
I am sure that this theoretical device will not be available during my lifetime, but perhaps there is hope for the future communication between humans and other creatures.
[2019 UPDATE: The original link to the article could not be found, but here is a much more recent article about the research on prairie dog language.]
- Touille, a dog who tries to communicate with the human species as well as she can, but who is frequently baffled by the process
