Cirrus Logic Senior Technical Fellow John Melanson Awarded 500th US Patent

John Melanson, senior technical fellow at Cirrus Logic, has been granted his 500th US patent, an achievement that places him among the world’s most prolific inventors. The Academy Award-winning engineer’s core contributions are within the field of audio and electronics, particularly the analog and mixed-signal technologies that have helped transform the analog world around us into the digital signals at the heart of today’s most advanced products.

It's no big secret that IKEA and Spotify are from Sweden, and a collaboration between the two Swedish companies on a Bluetooth speaker would not come as a surprise. But effectively, IKEA has done speakers before and the company has mainly worked with Sonos on two very successful products for whole home audio. Now, IKEA finally confirmed a project with Spotify for a new Bluetooth situational speaker and lamp named VAPPEBY, available from April 2022.

A year past since it introduced its second-generation Glass Sound Speaker, Sony Electronics announced the LSPX-S3, the third iteration of a wireless glass sound speaker that intends to create a warm and "deeply calming ambience" in any space. The more advanced LSPX-S3 adds an organic glass tweeter and candlelight mode. in a more affordable Bluetooth speaker with 360-degree sound, that supports also LDAC for high quality sound transmission and is charged via USB-C.

Sony Electronics announced that its LSPX-S2 Glass Sound Speaker is now available for the first time in the United States. This unique and elegant portable home speaker produces calming ambient illumination. Its glass cylinder combines with an aluminum base that evokes old gas fixtures, where in fact is the actual speaker part, generating omnidirectional sound, enhanced by the vibrations resonating in the glass structure. An ideal and unique combination for home listening in special moments.

A small team of designers from Bucharest, Romania, have been working for the past couple of years on a new brand called Oupio. Currently running a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, their first product combines a portable speaker with LED lighting and its called Oupio M. The design and concept looks great, and the team carefully researched the best possible options, including choice of materials and speaker design, opting for a combination of Balance Mode Radiator drivers from Tectonic Audio Labs.

After causing a market sensation earlier in 2013, French-based AwoX has expanded its AwoX StriimLIGHT range of innovative “musical light bulbs.” The company designed the world’s first LED light bulb with a built-in 10-W speaker. This revolutionary device enables users …