일본, 통역 기능 달린 마스크 만들어<br /><br />When a man speaks into this unique mask in Japanese, his smartphone, translates what he said into English.<br />"It's going to be a hot day. How are you feeling?"<br />A robotics company in Japan has developed a face mask that can connect to a smartphone over Bluetooth... and translate speech into several different languages.<br />The developer says the app can connect to a mask up to 10 meters away.<br />Designed to help communication amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company says the mask will allow safe and proper "social distanced" meetings.<br />With the firm already having received almost one thousand pre-orders in Japan alone, it plans to launch the product early next year.<br />And that does it for today's edition of 'The World Now'. I'll be back next time with more updates from around the world. Good bye for now.<br />