[Fwd: [deep-l] Cricket Hairs!]

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Physicists re-create nature's best
sound system
CNet News June 21, 2005
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Scientists have re-created the
highly sensory hairs of crickets, a
development that could lead to
next-generation implants for the
hearing-impaired. Cricket hairs are
fine-tuned to detect airflow with
energies as small as--or even
below--thermal noise levels,
according to the research....
http://www.kurzweilai.net/email/newsRedirect.html?newsID=4601&m=647

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