Michael Callahan, CEO and co-founder of Ambient Corporation, recently used the company’s Audeo neckband to demonstrate a “voiceless” phone call for the first time.

With training, a person can send nerve signals to her vocal chords without making a sound. The Audeo is capable of picking up those signals and wirelessly transmitting them to a computer where they are turned into spoken words. Read more »

Scientists have come up with a way to create a material that can cloak an object and allow sound waves to pass seamlessly around it. The work comes after recent research on “invisibility cloaks,” which can be made from synthetic materials, called metamaterials, that can make beams of light flow around an object making it seem invisible. Read more »

This bamboo-inspired speaker design (with pics) by Soohyuk Im has some great features: WiFi, wireless speakers, an LED screen, MP3 line in, remote desktop syncing, radio, and a CD player. Not only does it have more than the expected features, but it also sounds great due to the acoustics of cylindrical objects. The setup includes left/right wireless speakers, a control ring, and a base station that houses the subwoofer.

The base station can be setup to wirelessly sync with your computer. The Bamboo’s charge lasts for 12 hours.

We think this thing looks like an awesome speaker setup, and we really love the computer syncing feature. Too many times people need to use an iPod for the sound systems they use in their house, when in reality all modern sound systems should have features to sync with a person’s computer and make it as easy as possible to manage music.