Collaborate Disseminate
We are used to seeing shots from TV news helicopters every day, they are part of the backdrop to life in the 21st century. But so often we hear them overlaid with studio commentary, so it’s interesting to hear that their raw audio contains telemetry. It caught the attention of …read more
When building a new project, common wisdom suggests to avoid “reinventing the wheel”, or doing something simple from scratch that’s easily available already. However, if you can build a high-voltage wheel, so to speak, it might be fun just to see what happens. [Dan] decided to reinvent not the wheel, …read more
Continue reading Swap Your Microwave for a High Voltage Stereo
You might be used to finding your lost smartphone on a map, but what about your other gadgets? Skullcandy has teamed up with tracking experts Tile to create a new series of true wireless earbuds that you can locate using an app on your phone, should th… Continue reading Tile and Skullcandy join up to let you track your wireless earphones
Is there a way to encode a binary file on disk, then have it sent to the audio output stream as sound, and then decode that sound back to the original file ? The closest concept I can think to this is that of how an analog modem works (eg…. Continue reading How to encode data as sound? [closed]
We love the world of audiophiles here at Hackaday, mostly for the rich vein of outrageous claims over dubious audio products that it generates. We’ve made hay with audiophile silliness in the past, but what we really like above that is a high quality audio project done properly. It’s one …read more
Continue reading A Transmission Line Speaker With The Design Work To Back It Up
The COVID-19 pandemic has put paid to big tech events for the time being, but companies are still pushing out their wares. Microsoft is the latest firm to launch a new suite of hardware: the Surface Book 3, the Surface Go 2, the Surface Headphones 2, a… Continue reading Microsoft unveils new and improved Surface laptops and audio range
The Valve Index VR headset incorporates a number of innovations, one of which is the distinctive off-ear speakers instead of headphones or earbuds. [Emily Ridgway] of Valve shared the design and evolution of this unusual system in a deep dive into the elements of the Index headset. [Emily] explains exactly …read more
Continue reading Peek at the Off-Ear Speaker Prototypes for Valve’s VR
Google first dipped its toes into wireless earbuds with the original Pixel Buds in 2017, and now the upgrades have arrived. Having been briefly announced last October, the new and improved Pixel Buds are now on sale in the US, ready to give Apple’s Air… Continue reading Google launches its new and improved Pixel Buds to take on AirPods
Are security departments concerned about forged voice and video detection?
Continue reading Is Deepfake detection a real issue [closed]
Although we all wish that our projects would turn out perfect with no hiccups, the lessons learned from a frustrating project can sometimes be more valuable than the project itself. [Thomas Sanladerer] found this to be the case while trying to build the five satellite speakers for a 5.1 surround …read more
Continue reading 3D Printed Speakers With Many Lessons Learned