
iPhone App Translates Baby's Crying
ABCNews -- Is your baby hungry? Bored? Tired? Annoyed? When babies cry, even the most attentive parents often struggle to figure out why. But a new iPhone application claims to help new moms and dads decipher the wails and howls of their newborn children. Launched this week by Barcelona-based Biloop Technologic, S.L., the Cry Translator uses sound analysis technology to identify one of five emotional states -- hunger, fatigue, annoyance, stress or boredom. "There is a tremendous amount of research supporting that babies who are responded to consistently and appropriately will cry less and develop stronger social and cognitive skills," Pedro Barrera and Luis Meca, the application's creators, said in a statement. Within 10 seconds, the app translates...