A team of engineers based at the University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering are exploring a new sub-area of mobile technology based on sophisticated and connected earphones. “The leap from today’s earphones to ‘earables’ would mimic the transformation that we had seen from basic phones to smartphones,” explained Professor Romit Roy Choudhury, an expert … Read more
Just about every smartphone manufacturer under the sun has had a shot at releasing wireless ear buds in recent times. Nokia is the latest to have a go. The first impressions of the Power Buds are so-so; the chunky case that houses them does not slip into pocket as easily as others. The top lid … Read more
MIT researchers have developed a model which can distinguish people with asymptomatic Covid-19 from healthy people, using the sound of their coughs. These differences are impossible to detect with the human ear. Previously, researchers have trained algorithms to detect conditions such as pneumonia and asthma based on basic phone recordings of coughs. The MIT team, … Read more