Are computerized hospital alarms trying to tell us too much? The beeping of monitors has become the ever-present audio wallpaper of hospital units. Medical devices monitoring patients send off alerts ...

Figuring out what alarm is chirping and why can be a conundrum and it’s likely to start happening more as carbon monoxide detectors reach the end of their useful life. That’s why the theme for 2021 ...

A TELECOMMUNICATIONS legacy is about to be phased out when Telstra removes the "beep, beep, beep" sound from the start of STD phone calls. Spanning more than five decades, the pip tones will be ...

This is the eighth in an exclusive series of 50 articles, one published each day until July 20, exploring the 50th anniversary of the first-ever Moon landing. You can check out 50 Days to the Moon ...

We're surrounded by beeps. From reversing vehicles to supermarket checkouts to trains, they punctuate our day. But what's the story behind them? The word "beep" is not very old. The onomatopoeic ...