Move over Q, Israeli scientists have revealed the latest technique for aspiring James Bonds wanting to eavesdrop on conversations, and it involves nothing more than pointing a telescope at an everyday light bulb.
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Weizmann Institute of Science found that minuscule vibrations in the light given off by a light bulb, caused by sound waves hitting its surface, are enough to harness conversations taking place inside a room in real time from up to 25 meters away - and all using standard equipment that costs under $1,000 in total. The invention has been dubbed the "lamphone."
