Yobe, a company co-founded by alumnus S. Hamid Nawab, uses a signal processing device to make it easier for machines to identify a specific voice in noise or among other voices. This technology has potential applications for “law enforcement, hearing aid manufacturers and meeting transcription services,” writes Ron Miller for TechCrunch.
Emily Waltz reports on new MIT research in IEEE Spectrum. Waltz writes that, “this week, a team of scientists will present a new, alternative design that eliminates all the external hardware of the traditional cochlear implant and allows it to be charged wirelessly with a smartphone.”
"A new processing computer chip for these implants has been developed at MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratory and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary," says NPR's Ben Johnson, reporting on new cochlear implant research underway at MIT.
"Scientists at MIT and Harvard say they have developed a new low-power microchip that could take the place of a traditional cochlear implant," reports CBS News.
ABC News reports on a tiny computer chip developed in the lab of Professor Anantha Chandrakasan that could lead to a cochlear implant that operates without external hardware and charges wirelessly.