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Published online 16 November 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.237
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Bat noses inspire robotic sonar
Scans reveal secrets of how sound is sprayed from a bat nose.
How, exactly, does a bat shoot sonar beams out of its nose?
Rolf Müller, a computational physicist at Shandong University in Jinan, China, has combed the caves of Southeast Asia to find out. “We are looking at different species to understand their physical tricks,” says Müller, who models the way that bat noses act like antenna, and how their ears work as dishes to collect sound.
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This is a very interesting article revealing the truth about the bad's life. Robert Opala
They are indeed great. Robert Opala