'Orca ears' inspire researchers to develop ultrasensitive undersea microphone
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 14:30
in Earth & Climate
Researchers have developed a microphone that can be used at any depth in the ocean, even under crushing pressure, and is sensitive to a wide range of sounds, from a whisper in a library to an explosion of TNT. They modeled their device after the extraordinarily acute hearing of orcas.