Neuron Soundware's Sound Shield uses AI-powered microphones costing €100-150 each to detect drones acoustically, pitched as a cheap alternative to radar.

Remember when Apple promised that your HomePod would soon be able to notify you of a wailing smoke alarm? Well, good news: Apple has reportedly enabled the feature, which works on both the new HomePod ...

Alexa Guard is one awesome way to put the far-field mics of your Echo device to good use, but did you know about Alexa’s handy Sound Detection ability? Currently still in its testing stages, Alexa’s ...

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 ...

If you’re a Nest Aware subscriber, your Google displays and speakers can be used to detect smoke alarms and glass breaking. The Google Home Max is now set to loose sound detection from May 8. Google ...

The power of sound reaches far beyond your ears. While you're used to hearing sound through music, voices, or noise, your body is also quietly listening—at the cellular level. Recent research shows ...

In 1986, when he was a mere prince, King Charles, Britain’s eco-minded monarch, told a television interviewer that it was important to talk to one’s plants. He was widely mocked. But that piece of ...