The PIONEAR consortium convened for its 5th General Meeting over two days (15–16 October) at the University College Cork (UCC) / Tyndall National Institute in Cork, Ireland. A total of 18 partners participated in the meeting hosted by UCC/Tyndall, which provided a stimulating environment for technical exchange, project planning, and

Team members from the University of Applied Science of Eastern Switzerland (OST) presented their process on selective laser-induced etching (SLE) within the PIONEAR project during the 126th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Applied Optics (DGaO) in Stuttgart, Germany, on Saturday, 14 June 2025. This yearly event gathers optics

During PIONEAR’s 4th General Assembly Meeting from 1-3 April 2025 in Buchs, Switzerland, seven consortium partners met to discuss the progress, challenges, and future of the novel photonic microphone technology in development. Four of the 19 participants shared their responsibilities, perspective and own personal experience in combining acoustics with laser

The PIONEAR consortium successfully convened for its 4th General Assembly Meeting from April 1–3, 2025, hosted by the IMP Institute at OST Campus in Buchs, Switzerland. The event brought together 19 participants from 7 consortium partners to share progress, discuss challenges, and outline future directions for the ambitious research project.

In the rapidly evolving world of technology, the PIONEAR project stands at the forefront of technological innovation, with the goal of creating long-lasting change in the way sound is detected, allowing for an overall better sound quality for our day-to-day-use devices.  Under the guidance of the PIONEAR partners Lumiary and

The PIONEAR project is introducing a breakthrough in microphone technology with a unique design that redefines sound measurement. At the core of this innovation is a laser-based microphone capsule, where the laser itself serves as the sensing element. Unlike traditional lasers that emit light at a fixed colour, the laser