Underwater acoustics or hydroacoustics is the study of sound propagation in water and its interaction with the water's boundaries and contents. Underwater acoustics has widely attracted attention ...

Underwater acoustic communication systems deliver wireless links beneath the ocean surface by transmitting acoustic waves. They are indispensable for scientific research, environmental monitoring, ...

In the underwater world, sound is the primary means of communication, as light quickly fades. A Korean research team has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinese researchers have achieved a major breakthrough in underwater communication, successfully transmitting acoustic data ...

Challenges in approaches to creating underwater communication links. How a unique piezoelectric array can be used for zero-power links. The special electrical and mechanical issues addressed when ...

New research led by UH Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) has drastically increased the understanding of Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) ...

A new underwater communication and networking technique can achieve kilometer-scale ranges while consuming about one-millionth the power required by current communication methods. MIT researchers have ...

Researchers have developed AquaApp, a mobile app for acoustic-based communication and networking underwater that can be used with existing devices such as smartphones and smartwatches. For millions of ...

When it comes to communicating with one another while underwater, scuba divers typically use either hand signals or writing boards … both of which have limitations. Soon, however, they could be ...

How a battery-free, untethered underwater camera gets its operating power via wave-energy harvesting. How the camera captures images with minimal power use. How the camera communicates captured image ...