Technologies

SOUNDCAM is a new camera that lets you take pictures of  sound . It’s the first handheld camera that brings sound imaging to a size and cost that’s more accessible than industrial solutions that cost upwards of $100,000. “The system is intuitive and as easy to use as a smartphone,” the company says. “What makes it so special is its high speed and accuracy.” The camera works by combining 64 separate microphones, a traditional optical camera, and an integrated data analysis system. Using data from the mics, the system figures out exactly where in the frame the sounds are originating from and then overlays the high-resolution results in real time on the live view from the optical camera. “Sound propagates as a wave at a certain speed, which means that sound needs a certain amount of time to propagate from a noise source to each microphone of the array,” the company writes. “Depending on each microphone’s position, the sound wave will need varying travel times. The algor...

Tesla author and CEO Elon Musk simply paid an uncommon compliment to his own species, calling people "underrated" on Twitter a week ago. What achieved this to some degree disappointing award? Musk had guided Tesla to receive propelled robotization as the sequential construction system for Tesla's new vehicle, the Model 3 electric auto. Yet, now that Tesla is behind in making the autos, its clients on the holding up list are protesting. "Truly, unnecessary computerization at Tesla was an error," Musk wrote in the April 13 tweet. "To be exact, my error. People are underrated." [Super-Intelligent Machines: 7 Robotic Futures] The Model 3 is Tesla's first midpriced, mass-delivered electric auto, as indicated by CBS News. Its more moderate sticker price, beginning at $35,000, provoked numerous individuals to preorder it, and the organization reacted by saying it would create 5,000 new autos every week. In any case, the real yield has been muc...