The incredible shrinking
microphone
Tiny microphones carved into silicon integrated circuits are now
being manufactured by a variety of techniques. Targeted applications
include hearing aids, active noise control, underwater acoustic
sensing, and commercial electronics and audio technologies--Jennifer
Ouellette
Sound Bite from The Incredible Shrinking Microphone:
Listen to a recording
of Pavarotti singing the aria "Nessun Dorma" from
Turandot made on a tiny silicon microphone by Lucent Technologies'
Bell Labs
Salary spurt for industrial
physicists
Physicists in industry who received their Ph.D.'s within the last
five years report a median salary of $68,300, which is 15% higher
than comparable salaries two years ago. A new report looks at
how various factors affect the salaries of industrial physicists--Amanda
Benedict and Raymond Y. Chu
Briefs
Communicating via brain waves; fiber-optic cable; magnetic surgery--Eric
Lerner
