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Several companies have announced breakthroughs or substantial progress in MT research in recent months. Popular perception of MT has suffered from low-quality "gisting" translation that Web-based translation engines, such as Babelfish and other online services, generate. But MT engines designed for limited domains, and tailor-made systems that use controlled language, are already delivering services. Within the community and AI circles, it's cognitive or "smart" radios that are making a splash. Paving the way is Virginia Tech's Center for Wireless Telecommunications Cognitive Wireless Technology (CWT2) group.