Hear the shape of a room !
© 2013 EPFL
In the latest Flash magazine of EPFL you can read about the algorithm developed by Ivan Dokmanic from LCAV as well as see the list of media reports after its publication in PNAS!
The original article in the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences has had a lot of media coverage:
http://www.npr.org/2013/07/28/205201838/see-with-sound
http://technology.inquirer.net/26495/echoes-can-reveal-the-shape-of-a-room
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351085/description/Echoes_create_an_interior_map_app
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/how-to-turn-your-cell-phone-into.html
http://news.discovery.com/tech/gear-and-gadgets/echolocation-by-smartphone-130717.htm
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130617/echoes-can-reveal-the-shape-room
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130617160856.htm
http://www.france24.com/en/20130617-echoes-can-reveal-shape-room
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/news/nbint/1277411839-echoes-can-reveal-the-shape-of-a-room
http://www.allnewsau.com/news/echoes-can-reveal-the-shape-of-room
http://business.topnewstoday.org/business/article/6450658/
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/64289/echoes-can-reveal-the-shape-of-a-room
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/313299/scitech/science/echoes-can-reveal-the-shape-of-a-room
http://www.siasat.com/english/news/soon-mobiles-use-bat-echolocation-method-map-rooms
http://www.verivox.de/nachrichten/forscher-erkennen-umgebung-durch-echo-bei-handy-anruf-93954.aspx
http://www.livescience.com/37495-your-cellphone-could-be-a-sonar-device.html
http://www.expatica.com/ch/news/swiss-news/echoes-can-reveal-the-shape-of-a-room_267602.html
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/313299/scitech/science/echoes-can-reveal-the-shape-of-a-room
http://phys.org/news/2013-06-microphones-algorithm-d-simple-convex.html
http://veja.abril.com.br/noticia/ciencia/cientistas-criam-tecnologia-que-imita-sonar-de-batman
http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2013/juni/360057
http://www.lescienze.it/news/2013/06/18/news/ecolocazione_mappa_stanza_telefonata_cellulare-1704898/
http://derstandard.at/1371169844822/Handy-Echo-gibt-Aufschluss-ueber-Ort-des-Anrufers
http://www.laopinion.com.co/demo/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=422326&Itemid=30
http://www.nzz.ch/wissen/wissenschaft/ein-fingerschnips-genuegt-1.18101129
bigpondnews.com/articles/Technology/2013/0/18/Echoes_can_reveal_the_shape_of_a_room_880973.html
http://txchnologist.com/post/53271961652/engineers-developing-cell-phone-sonar
http://quo.mx/2013/06/18/verbum/se-puede-oir-la-forma-de-tu-habitacion
http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/1gkwb9/a_snap_of_a_finger_a_handful_of_scattered/
http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/echolocation-by-smartphone-possible
http://www.biobiochile.cl/2013/06/18/el-eco-puede-revelar-la-forma-precisa-de-una-habitacion.shtml
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/06/19/mapping_rooms_with_sonar_like_batman.html
http://www.gizmag.com/microphone-room-mapping-epfl/27985/
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52232878/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
http://techland.time.com/2013/06/19/we-can-now-map-rooms-down-to-the-millimeter-with-a-finger-snap/