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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001188112-04-001552.txt : 20041012
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20041012170212
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001188112-04-001552
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040811
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041012
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041012

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMBIENT CORP /NY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001047919
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				980166007
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		270 MAIDOSN AVENUE
		STREET 2:		BUILDING ONE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8888610205

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		270 MADISON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		BUILDING ONE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10016

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			RAO RAM
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001129520

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23723
		FILM NUMBER:		041075288

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O AMBIENT CORP
		STREET 2:		1033 BEACON HILL STREET
		CITY:			BROOKLINE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02246
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6177359395

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O AMBIENT CORP
		STREET 2:		1033 BEACON HILL STREET
		CITY:			BROOKLINE
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02446
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2004-08-11</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2004-08-13</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001047919</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>AMBIENT CORP /NY</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ABTG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001129520</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>RAO RAM</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>70 CHAPEL STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEWTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>02458</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Network Architect</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Options</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.30</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-08-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>375000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.30</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-08-11</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>375000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Options</value>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.50</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-08-11</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>375000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.50</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-08-11</value>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>375000</value>
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            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2992000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This Amendment to Form 4 amends and restates in its entirety the Form 4 filed by the Reporting Person on August 13, 2004 (the
 &quot;Original Form 4&quot;). This option was previously reported on the Original Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The options were issued under the Company's 2000 Equity Incentive Plan. They vest over two years in equal monthly
 installments.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This option was inadvertently not reported on the Original Form 4.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Original Form 4 erroneously reported the number of derivative securities beneficially owned by the Reporting Person
 (Table II, Item 9) as 0.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Ramdas Rao</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-10-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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