Instant language translation

Via /., there's an interesting article about a Darpa project intending to develop an "instant-translation" device. The article is good in that it points out the limitations of such a device, but still, if near-instant translation can be done between English and Iraqi Arabic that will be awesome. I wonder how it can be extended to signed languages...perhaps using something like the new iPod to generate a video showing the signs?

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