Over ten years ago, a major smartphone manufacturer developed a demo of a smartphone with a ten-microphone array. It could pick out and hear a single person’s voice in a crowd – an amazing feature ...

The single-layer durable construction of Vesper mics makes them immune to drifts and degradation caused by airborne particles and pollutants. As the smart device wars rage, many sensor companies aim ...

There was a time when a microphone for most people was a cheap plastic affair that probably came for free with their sound card, but in the age of pandemic video streaming no desktop is complete ...

Fig. 1: Diagrams from Wente’s 1916 patent application show the condenser microphone in cutaway view. Diaphragm (#6), which is grounded, is stretched only 5/10000th of an inch from the backplate (#7), ...