
These Spiders Use Their Webs like Huge, Silky Ears
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Arachnid Hearing Aid
A neurophysiologist made recordings from the nervous system, sensory system that showed you get an acoustic response in the nerves to sound coming from a speaker. To very loud sounds, you could get a strong response. This filamentous approach to acoustics could someday change the way we make microphones and put a whole new spin on webcasting.
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