A future model of AirPods may be able to detect when they are not properly seated in a user's ear using ultrasonic ranging, and either alert the wearer, or reroute the audio to another device. You ...

Millions of years ago marine animals had hearing organs that allowed them to detect sounds in the water. When land dwelling animals evolved they now had to detect environmental sounds that traveled ...

Daniel Bowman sends cell phones into the stratosphere aboard solar-powered hot-air balloons. You might be surprised what sounds they record up there. These balloons listen to the Earth from a dozen ...

An array of sensitive microphones in "Apple Glass" may detect audio that's difficult to hear, or to precisely locate, and direct the wearer where to look. Apple has previously applied for patents ...