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Sunday, December 11, 2011

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News


Synthetic cricket pricks up its 'ears'

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 05:25 AM PST

The tiny hairs on the abdomen of a cricket have inspired researchers to make a new type of sensor which is ultra sensitive to air flows. These synthetic cricket hairs can now also be tuned very precisely for a certain range of frequencies: the hairs are 10 times more sensitive in this range.

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