2018 Disruptor 50: 22. LISNR

This Cincinnati-based company has developed a way to use audio, rather than Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, to transmit data between devices. LISNR is a near-ultrasonic, low-power data transmission technology that allows fast, reliable and secure communication between devices — like smartphones — that have a speaker or a microphone. 

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