 Various law enforcement agencies, such as the Los Angeles Police Department, also use the phraselator in their patrol cars.In March 2004, DARPA director Dr. Tony Tether presented the Small Business Innovative Research Award to the VoxTec division of Marine Acoustics at DARPATech 2004 in Anaheim, CA.The device was recently listed as one of ""Ten Emerging Technologies That Will Change Your World"" in MIT's Technology Review.