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Sound-based quantum computers could be built using chip-sized device

A chip-sized device can manipulate particles of sound in a way that mimics how particles of light are used in light-based quantum computers, opening the door for building sound-based quantum computers

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Quantum computers could be built that are based on sound

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How your brain stays focused on conversations in a noisy room

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Sound vibrations can encode and process data like quantum computers do

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Mysterious sounds in stratosphere can't be traced to any known source

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Material that sends sound from water to air could help eavesdroppers

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A throat patch that can detect silent speech and act as a speaker

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Tiny throat mic can detect and broadcast silently mouthed words

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A man using bone-conduction earphones to make a phone call

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Bone conduction headphones make your own voice sound less weird

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A mossy patch of decaying bark and soil, with the leaves of plants visible in the background, suggesting a forest environment

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Soil produces subtle noises that could reveal how healthy a forest is

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Artificial intelligence entity using voice to communicate

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Voice jammer stops anyone from recording you speak

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Ultrasound stickers could continuously image internal organs for days

A patch the size of a postage stamp can continuously deliver ultrasound imaging for 48 hours, and it has been used to see changes in the lungs, heart and stomach of people exercising and drinking

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Detaching the bioadhesive ultrasound device from the skin

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Acoustic levitation used to build complex structures in mid-air

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3D rabbit 'hologram' created by levitating screen using sound waves

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The sonic wonders of our world are under threat. We need to listen

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NASA plans to use sound waves to help astronauts pass kidney stones

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