Using the ultra-sensitive ears of killer whales as inspiration, researchers at the Stanford University have created a new underwater microphone. Their device is significantly more responsive to sound than other similar device on the market today. One of the advantages this microphone has is that it can be used at any... |
24 June 2011
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When hearing about a green electronic product, one's mind usually drifts to the ideas of high energy efficiency and, perhaps, lack of toxic materials, but peripheral maker Razer decided to stick to a more literal interpretation and came up with the Orca pair of headphones that is colored venomous green and seek... |
11 August 2010
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Orcas, like most whales, have the innate ability to use high-frequency sounds in order to detect obstacles or food in the water, or for communicating among themselves over long distances. Now, researchers in Hawaii seem to believe that the large animals can also use this ability to spot their favorite types of fish i... |
19 November 2008
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Biologists got alarmed when the killer whales (orcas) of Washington State's Puget Sound started disappearing. Using high technology supersensitive microphones, Ken Balcomb has been eavesdropping on the region's resident killer whales. Unlike migratory orcas, these ones spend their whole lives among sounds.... |
8 May 2007
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