The quest for an ever higher accuracy in capture and playback of sound has reached a new peak. Traditional microphones contain on their inside some diaphragms, with characteristics that may influence both the microphone’s sensitivity and the quality of sound output. The American scientist David Schwartz, inventor of the MP3 format, has introduced a new [...]

Until a few years ago, video surveillance systems could almost only be found in banks, museums, embassies and government institutions in general. In the most recent years though, because of the increasing number of terrorist threats and not only, surveillance cameras have become a common sight, as they are now vital in order to keep [...]

Graphene, a two-dimension molecule made up of carbon atoms in hexagonal (honeycomb) layout, obtained by processing graphite in a laboratory, is promising to cause a big change in the field of integrated circuits, and not only. For example, it was recently discovered that by adding graphene to titanium dioxide while producing electrodes for batteries, the [...]

The case of a company sentenced to pay a fine to an employee has made headlines on several Italian online newspapers today. The firm was monitoring the guy’s online activity during office hours, gathering information that was later used against him in a disciplinary case. The Italian authority for privacy protection has ruled that companies [...]

As some would say, we have a better knowledge of the sky above us than we have of the sea beneath us. Soon though, the underwater environment might lose a bit of its mysterious aura, thanks to the recent developments in exploring technology. In this specific case, a valuable help can come from OceanoCam, an [...]

LG has just published its project for a mobile phone working under Android, the Google-owned open source operating system for cellphones. The LG GW620 model, which should be available on the market before the end of the current year, is a smartphone that caters both to experienced users in this field, and to novices or [...]

The Maryland based Silynx Communications, leader in manufacturing of miniature communication equipment (mostly headsets and microphones), widely used by elite armies and Special Forces during their covert operations, have broadened their range of products with the Stealth Ops system. It is a MBITR (Multi Band Intra/Inter Team Radio) system, that is, a radio communication system [...]

Everything in our life seems to be operated by a remote control: at home we have one for the TV set, one for our DVD player, another one for our stereo and so on; in our car we have a remote to open the car itself, one for the alarm and another one for the [...]

Thanks to the increasing miniaturization of surveillance technologies, electronic devices that once we might have only seen on the big screen on a James Bond movie, have now become possible and widely used. For example, the GSM bug is born when miniaturized audio technology for surveillance meets mobile phones. In short, GSM bugs are miniature [...]

In cases of marital infidelity, technology plays an extremely important part: on one hand, for the unfaithful spouse, using a mobile phone can be an advantage in terms of flexibility and privacy, on the other hand the very same cellphone can turn into his or her worst enemy, especially if it is a spy mobile [...]