title: An intelligent artificial throat with sound-sensing ability based on laser induced graphene.
abstract: Traditional sound sources and sound detectors are usually independent and discrete in the human hearing range. To minimize the device size and integrate it with wearable electronics, there is an urgent requirement of realizing the functional integration of generating and detecting sound in a single device. Here we show an intelligent laser-induced graphene artificial throat, which can not only generate sound but also detect sound in a single device. More importantly, the intelligent artificial throat will significantly assist for the disabled, because the simple throat vibrations such as hum, cough and scream with different intensity or frequency from a mute person can be detected and converted into controllable sounds. Furthermore, the laser-induced graphene artificial throat has the advantage of one-step fabrication, high efficiency, excellent flexibility and low cost, and it will open practical applications in voice control, wearable electronics and many other areas.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Lu-Qi
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.|Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Yi
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Yuan-Quan
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Dan-Yang
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Jun-Chao
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Ning-Qin
authors.initials: NQ
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microelectronics and Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology (TNList), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
authors.forename: Tian-Ling
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D001187:Artificial Organs; D004867:Equipment Design; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor; D010614:Pharynx / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013016:Sound; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000076251:Wearable Electronic Devices
chemical_list: D006108:Graphite