Be strong and never give up.
Keep being the best country in the world.
Japón es una nación de gente valiente.
On Google's new website, messagesforjapan.com, those words of encouragement are spread out over the globe like cherry blossoms, coming from computer users in hundreds of countries expressing solidarity with the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.
Google employees in Japan and elsewhere had been hearing about people from all over sending their support, but they wanted a way to get all those messages to aid workers and victims in Japan, even those who didn't speak any language besides Japanese. So they put together a quick app marrying Google maps and translating technology to make Messages for Japan.
On the website, well-wishers post their words in whatever language they speak, and the app translates into Japanese and displays it on the map. As of Monday, users have posted more than 6,000 messages.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=conC7LJn9sw&feature=player_embedded[/media]
It's sakura, or cherry blossom, season right now in Japan. The site is designed so that when all the messages come on screen at once, it starts to look like a cherry tree. A 7.0 aftershock struck Tokyo early Monday, but private citizens, corporations and governments alike have rallied to show their support for the island nation in their time of crisis.
Article Link: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/12/google-sends-messages-of-support-to-japan-from-around-the-world/
Keep being the best country in the world.
Japón es una nación de gente valiente.
On Google's new website, messagesforjapan.com, those words of encouragement are spread out over the globe like cherry blossoms, coming from computer users in hundreds of countries expressing solidarity with the victims of the earthquake and tsunami.
Google employees in Japan and elsewhere had been hearing about people from all over sending their support, but they wanted a way to get all those messages to aid workers and victims in Japan, even those who didn't speak any language besides Japanese. So they put together a quick app marrying Google maps and translating technology to make Messages for Japan.
On the website, well-wishers post their words in whatever language they speak, and the app translates into Japanese and displays it on the map. As of Monday, users have posted more than 6,000 messages.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=conC7LJn9sw&feature=player_embedded[/media]
It's sakura, or cherry blossom, season right now in Japan. The site is designed so that when all the messages come on screen at once, it starts to look like a cherry tree. A 7.0 aftershock struck Tokyo early Monday, but private citizens, corporations and governments alike have rallied to show their support for the island nation in their time of crisis.
Article Link: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/12/google-sends-messages-of-support-to-japan-from-around-the-world/
