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Moths draped in stealth acoustic cloak evade bat sonar

152 点作者 Guereric超过 4 年前

9 条评论

aasasd超过 4 年前
Richard Dawkins, in either ‘The Selfish Gene’ or ‘The Blind Watchmaker’, describes the arms race between bats and insects. Quite a fascinating affair—just bats&#x27; own evolution is intriguing: how do they differentiate between their own and others&#x27; echolocation signals? Well they have a ‘code’ in the signal specific to each specimen. And then, insects ‘learn’ to mimic bats&#x27; signals so a bat thinks it&#x27;s another bat there and not a dinner. Etc etc.<p>This discovery might be at least the third one this year in this same field, if another one mentioned in the article isn&#x27;t the one I&#x27;ve seen on HN.
qzw超过 4 年前
&gt; Holderied says it could be possible to make materials ‘10 times more efficient at absorbing sounds than what we are using in our homes and offices’. Think sound-absorbing wallpaper, not panels, he adds.<p>I would love to have something like that. All these open floor plan offices and open concept homes are loud AF.
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jussij超过 4 年前
The Hawk moth has evolved to emit ultrasonic clicks that jam the bat sonar:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencemag.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;moths-avoid-capture-talking-back-bats" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencemag.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;moths-avoid-capture-...</a><p>Just more examples of the power of evolution.
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aemreunal超过 4 年前
Now if only they had ladders to climb out of bathtubs, they&#x27;d be unstoppable.
miohtama超过 4 年前
Would be nice to understand how natural selection lead to this material and what were the steps. First you had a moth with some fur that absorbed maybe 0.1% ultrasound and then it started to increase from there generation and generation?
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8bitsrule超过 4 年前
Well that answers my question about some moths are so furry. Selection at work!
Ftuuky超过 4 年前
I know nothing about this kind of metamaterials [0] but would it be possible to replicate them at an industrial scale? For things such as superior acoustic insulation and so on?<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pnas.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;early&#x2F;2020&#x2F;11&#x2F;17&#x2F;2014531117" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pnas.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;early&#x2F;2020&#x2F;11&#x2F;17&#x2F;2014531117</a>
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akamoonknight超过 4 年前
I love all the things we&#x27;re still learning from nature! All of the secrets and intuition that&#x27;s yet to be found astounds and excites me.
joshxyz超过 4 年前
Tis gonna be a problem for batman or nah?