Wearable ultrasound patch could offer real-time heart scans on the goThe technology could help athletes and heart disease patients.By J. Fingas, 01.25.2023
Google is testing a way to activate Assistant without wake wordsA leaker triggered the voice assistant just by getting close to a Nest Hub Max.By K. Holt, 10.22.2020
An iPhone and an ultrasound wand could help doctors monitor COVID-19 remotelyUltra-portable hardware and AR tools make for easier medical imaging.By C. Velazco, 05.18.2020
Students develop a smart bra for early breast cancer detectionThey hope to bring it to market in 2021.By C. Fisher, 04.03.2020
Ultrasonic bracelet jams the microphones around youYou could thwart eavesdroppers with your wristwear.By J. Fingas, 02.15.2020
Blood-drawing robot is supposedly more accurate than humansGuided by ultrasound, it hit a vein 87 percent of the time. By S. Dent, 02.10.2020
Here's everything Google announced at the Pixel 4 eventDespite the leaks, Google had plenty to share.By C. Fisher, 10.15.2019
Ultrasound makes Qualcomm's new in-display fingerprint sensor super-secureIt's a good thing, too, since other approaches haven't been amazing.By C. Velazco, 12.04.2018
FDA says unapproved 'designer vagina' treatments are dangerousThe lasers involved in the procedures can cause serious burns and other injuries.By R. England, 07.31.2018
Researchers create prosthetic hand that offers more lifelike dexterityIt lets users move individual fingers.By M. Locklear, 12.11.2017
Researchers create ultrasound needle for internal surgical imagesIt provides doctors with real-time views of tissue during minimally invasive surgeries.By M. Locklear, 12.01.2017
Vivo beats Apple to an under-display fingerprint scannerBut the technology still has some way to go.By R. Lai, 06.28.2017
Silently ‘speak’ to someone across the room with an ultrasonic beamThe prototype translates facial muscle movement into ultrasonic words. By D. Lumb, 05.15.2017
Doctors use ultrasound to jump-start coma patient's brainSonic stimulation could speed up coma recovery.By S. Buckley, 08.24.2016
Ultrasound can levitate large objectsScientists show that acoustic levitation now works for targets larger than the wavelength.By J. Fingas, 08.14.2016
Turtle Beach's glass speaker fires a focused 'beam' of audioHyperSound Glass could open up myriad possibilities in the future.By A. Souppouris, 06.16.2016
Get streaming video of your innards using ultrasoundFor when there's nothing else on Netflix.By D. Lumb, 04.15.2016
Ultrasound and software could replace a phone's proximity sensorAnd we could kiss those dark spots on our screens goodbye, too.By C. Velazco, 01.19.2016
Researchers use ultrasound to activate cancer-killing drugsSound waves can 'pop' nanobubbles to release drugs into hard-to-access liver tumors.By S. Dent, 12.08.2015