This sound controlled lights circuit design is used to control the brightness of the lights attached to it in sync with the sound that is being capturated by its microphone. This electronic circuit ...

A "piezo-optomechanical circuit" has been developed that converts signals among optical, acoustic and radio waves. A system based on this design could move and store information in next-generation ...

It’s no secret that we really like circuit sculptures around here, and we never tire of seeing what creative ways people come up with to celebrate the components used to make a project, rather than ...

In a famous letter penned by Victorian era author Oscar Wilde, he wrote: “Art is useless because its aim is simply to create a mood. It is not meant to instruct, or to influence action in any way. It ...

Phononic circuits are emerging devices that can manipulate sound waves (i.e., phonons) in ways that resemble how electronic circuits control the flow of electrons. Instead of relying on wires, ...

When we walked the sound-filled halls of Klipsch's Indianapolis headquarters last month, the company insisted that it was always looking at possible expansions into new markets. Today at CES, it's ...

Stylized image of the chalcogenide glass microchip. Information enters in the form of light waves and is converted and stored in the chip as acoustic waves. This can later be transformed back into ...

Acoustics is a missing dimension in silicon chips because acoustics can complete specific tasks that are difficult to do with electronics and optics alone. For the first time researchers have added ...