Resonado Labs The last decade has seen the nonstop development of new kinds of audio products, like soundbars, true wireless earbuds, noise-canceling wireless headphones, and smart speakers. Yet despite these innovations, the underlying technology that produces the sound we hear has pretty much stayed the same for the last hundred years. But that might be […]
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VZR’s new Model One headphones bring audiophile quality 3D sound to gamers
There’s a new name entering the gaming headphone space: VZR. The audio company aims to bring audiophile quality to gamers at a reasonable cost with its new VZR Model One headphones. Preorders for the VZR Mode One open in Q2 2021 and the headphones are expected to ship out in that timeframe as well. The […]
How to turn off camera shutter sound on your Android phone
All smartphones, including those of the Android persuasion, alert both you and the world when you are shooting a photo via a distinctive shutter click. It’s analogous to the click on a physical camera. Normally, this sound is not a problem, but sometimes you may prefer that your shooting be silent when you are in […]
Future medical implants could be charged through the skin using sound
Whether it’s pacemakers for regulating heartbeats or special pumps for releasing insulin, electronic implants are already a big part of modern medicine. As we continue to move into a cyborg future, similar implants are only going to become more common. But how do you power these devices? Switching out batteries isn’t so easy to do […]
Huawei’s cylindrical Sound X smart speaker has a French connection
Andy Boxall/DigitalTrends Huawei has a new smart speaker called the Sound X, and like the partnerships that have benefited its phones so much, it has co-engineered this speaker with an audio expert. This audio company may not be as instantly recognizable as Leica or Porsche Design, but Devialet, a French brand best known for its […]
Sonarax harnesses ultrasonic sound for improved security, indoor navigation
[embedded content] Imagine that your smartphone could talk directly to an ATM to securely authenticate your identity without you having to touch it. What if your phone could use sound from the speaker system in the mall to guide you directly to the specific store, or even the specific shelf in that store, that you’re […]
Scientists use an X-ray laser to create the loudest possible underwater sound
Researchers may have produced the loudest sound possible to make under water. The 270 decibel sound, created by blasting tiny jets of water with an X-ray laser, had a greater intensity than that of a rocket launch. It was carried out by a team from Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator […]
Like a lens for audio, these metamaterial bricks bend, focus, and amplify sound
University of Sussex Using a torch, you can easily single out an individual in a room. Likewise, a floodlight will let you illuminate a whole crowd of people. But can the same thing be done with sound? Not quite so easily — perhaps until now, that is. In the U.K., researchers at the universities of […]
Ray tracing on GTX GPUs might sound stupid, but there’s a method to the madness
Less than a month after promising it was on its way, Nvidia has released a new Game Ready driver that makes ray tracing possible on its GTX graphics cards from the Pascal 10-series generation, and the 16-series Turing generation. You can download it here. But before you get too excited, you should know that older […]
LG Display Turns TV Panels, PC Screens Into Rich Sound Systems
LAS VEGAS—You won’t need to hook up speakers with this flat panel TV from LG Display. It can vibrate the audio out right from the screen itself. At CES, LG Display is showing off its “Crystal Sound” technology, which does away with traditional speakers and instead delivers the sound directly from the display itself—whether it […]
Researchers use sound waves to levitate up to 25 tiny objects at the same time
[embedded content] Researchers have been using sound waves to levitate tiny objects for a while now. But a new project from scientists at the U.K.’s University of Bristol and Spain’s Universidad Publica De Navarra takes things to the next level. They have created what they refer to as “acoustic tweezers,” which involve levitating multiple objects […]
How to master your equalizer settings for the perfect sound
Most folks are at least vaguely familiar with what an equalizer (EQ) looks like. For some of us, those rows of sliders arranged into a kind of smiley face are an icon of the ’80s – like the one Tom Cruise was forbidden to touch by his stoic dad in Risky Business (which also spawned one […]
How to fix sound problems in Windows 10
Whenever people update to the latest version of Windows 10 they find a lot to appreciate. Unfortunately, big updates can also bring with them new problems, and some of the most common are audio related. Those issues can leave people unable to play videos, use certain apps, or hear anything at all from their speakers. […]