Bat Echolocation and Acoustic Sensing
In short: Exploring the biological mechanics of bat echolocation and how its precision inspires modern radar and medical technologies.
A 1:25 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: PLOS Biology, “Bats expand their vocal range by recruiting different laryngeal structures for echolocation and social communication”; University of Bristol (Biosonar research group), “Biosonar history 1: Spallanzani & Jurine”; Springer, “Bat echolocation signals based on the time-varying autoregressive method - Frontiers in Zoology”; IEEE Spectrum, “New Sonar System "Sees" Bat Echolocation in Action”.
Sources used in this film
- PLOS Biology — Bats expand their vocal range by recruiting different laryngeal structures for echolocation and social communication · View →
- University of Bristol (Biosonar research group) — Biosonar history 1: Spallanzani & Jurine · View →
- Springer — Bat echolocation signals based on the time-varying autoregressive method - Frontiers in Zoology · View →
- IEEE Spectrum — New Sonar System "Sees" Bat Echolocation in Action · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: PLOS Biology: Bats expand their vocal range by recruiting different laryngeal structures for echolocation and social communication
- Also: University of Bristol (Biosonar research group): Biosonar history 1: Spallanzani & Jurine
- Also: Springer: Bat echolocation signals based on the time-varying autoregressive method - Frontiers in Zoology
- Also: IEEE Spectrum: New Sonar System "Sees" Bat Echolocation in Action
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