Dr. Southall has been a leading member and co-principal investigator of three recent pioneering behavioral response studies, focused mainly on effects of military sonar systems and deep - diving beaked whales. (sea-inc.net)
«To our knowledge, this is the first time anyone has demonstrated that it is possible to convert smart commodity devices — like smartphones and smart TVs — into active sonar systems using music,» said senior author Shyam Gollakota, a UW associate professor of computer science and engineering. (sciencedaily.com)
This might be particularly useful for the design of transducers — the parts of sonar systems that convert electrical pulses into sound waves — says Keith Brown at Heriot - Watt University in Edinburgh, UK. (newscientist.com)