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Spiderwebs can pick up vibrations in air flow caused by sound waves, and researchers say microphones designed this way could become more sensitive and compact.
Spiderwebs can pick up vibrations in air flow caused by sound waves, and researchers say microphones designed this way could become more sensitive and compact
The spider silk acts as a super-sensitive listening device, capable of detecting noises from up to ten feet away, according to the research led by Ron Miles, a mechanical engineer at Binghamton University. Miles and others are working to develop new instruments that can register extremely quiet sounds emitted by the human ear, which might help detect and treat hearing problems in infants, reports the New York Times. And spider silk-inspired acoustic systems may enable researchers to pick up on other sounds outside the human ear’s range—such as low-frequency noises that precede the formation of tornadoes, which scientists can use to predict and track the storms.
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