Revolutionary digital speakers not only work, but are almost ready for production.

Meeting someone who has created something totally new, is rare and exciting.

So meeting Audiopixels CEO Danny Lewin and his small team, at their office in Rehovot, Israel, was a real treat.

Their semiconductor chip, which I am holding in the picture above, is a world-first. Despite its size, "It is a speaker technology capable of creating sound that can rival any traditional speaker today." Lewin explained to InsideMarket Editor, Phil Carey.

According to Danny Lewin:

• Its a completely new technology that works

• It means no more amplifiers, speaker boxes, wires or sub woofers

• It'll change the way people design sound-related devices

• Finalizing a locked-down, commercial manufacturing process is 90%+ complete

PLAY VIDEO 1.24

"It just takes just a few of these to create as much volume and quality of sound as you require."

A speaker system similar to the one shown (above), would need just six to eight Audiopixel chips to create the same sound.

---

Initially, it's hard to get your head around how such tiny technology can achieve the sound results we're used to, from traditional speakers.

But in the world of nano technology and Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), where Audiopixels plays, air and sound don't act the same way.

Each chip has 1024 tiny speakers in it, each made up of horizontal elements, as shown in the cutout below.

Like an inkjet printer that sprays magnetically directed, ionized ink droplets to create a complete image, each digital speaker creates a portion of a sound wave.

Together, they combine, for a total sound you and I can recognize.

"Are we there yet?"

So why hasn't Audiopixel's technology set the world on fire, become a semiconductor giant and made shareholders a tonne of money yet?

Because creating something totally new, just ain't easy!

Not only did Audiopixels have to create an entire new technology, it had to then develop, through trial and error, an efficient and cost-effective production process for a never-before manufactured product.

PLAY VIDEO 0.29

"Yield is everything in our case."

In nano technology, the work is in atoms, not inches and manufacturing requires access to fabrication/manufacturing plants that cost literally billions of dollars.

Therefor the time required to manufacture a chip in such a plant, has a massive bearing on production costs and ultimately, product pricing when you hit the market.

So while Audiopixels figured out how to 'make' a digital speaker years ago, "We have been working on refining the manufacturing process to have maximum manufacturing yield and therefore, enter the existing speaker market competitively priced." said Lewin.

"There was no point in having this incredible technology bu it costing 20 times more than a traditional speaker."

That strategy meant a much more complicated manufacturing and testing process was required than that used in the invention of the technology itself.

PLAY VIDEO 1.08

So where to from here?

Lewin believes the company has enough money to complete the final part of the development phase.

That will happen said Lewin, "Knock on wood, before the end of 2018."

From there, the sales and manufacturing phase will begin and will see Audiopixels take orders and have them filled by fabrication by a third party provider.

Potential clients will range from the size of original equipment manufacturers like Sony, Samsung and Apple, right down down to niche businesses.

But it wont just be entertainment equipment industry that the company will target said Lewin.

"Automotive, medical, home electronics, mobile electronics.

"And that doesn't include a whole lot of applications that we are starting to learn about and companies are starting to think about, that will open up even more markets than exist today."

PLAY VIDEO 1.19

Insidemarket does not offer any financial or investment advice. investing in technology stocks can be extremely risky. you should seek the advice of a registered financial adviser before investing.