Bizarre Bluetooth mouthpiece mutes speech in public places

We’ve all been annoyed by someone taking a loud call in a quiet room, and now a Japanese tech company has unveiled a creative, if somewhat bizarre, solution. The Mutalk is a Bluetooth mouthpiece that “mutes” users who speak into it.Continue ReadingCate… Continue reading Bizarre Bluetooth mouthpiece mutes speech in public places

Amazing optical microphone can separate multiple instruments from afar

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have presented some remarkable audio from a new optical microphone system that uses cameras to see and reconstruct sonic vibrations. Remarkably, it can cleanly separate a single instrument playing in a group.Co… Continue reading Amazing optical microphone can separate multiple instruments from afar