Researchers at MIT, Microsoft, and Adobe have developed an algorithm that can reconstruct an audio signal by analyzing minute vibrations of objects depicted in video. In one set of experiments, they ...

Watch enough spy thrillers, and you'll undoubtedly see someone setting up a bit of equipment that points a laser at a distant window, letting the snoop listen to conversations on the other side of the ...

Chinese researchers from the Beijing Institute of Technology have created a microphone that, unlike traditional ones, picks up light rather than air vibrations. It is noted, that the innovative ...

Insects use escape behaviors to avoid predators. Some insectivorous birds evolved a unique flush-pursue foraging technique that exploits their insect prey escape responses. Flush-pursers use visual ...