Scientists from renowned institutions in Germany have successfully created a microelectromechanical sensor inspired by the cochlea, a hollow, spiral-shaped bone found in the inner ear, TechXplore ...

The company's sensor uses sonar and echos to give robots more information about their surrounding environment.

ADAR features a sensor that uses sound waves in air to give robots a precise, real-time 3D view of their surroundings, ...

New car interiors are laced with speakers and microphones to support increasingly complex audio systems and voice recognition features. Now Harman wants to put this hardware on the outside of cars as ...

April 19, 2005 — -- Annoyed by cell phone users who believe they need to yell into their mobiles in order to be heard? Such loud and obnoxious talkers may become extinct, thanks in part to the ...

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a new type of sonar to overcome the previously insurmountable problem of seeing underwater from the air. Sound does not travel easily between air and ...