Not exact matches
The particular interest of this work lies in the fact that by exciting the system
at a given
frequency — that is, by playing a certain note — the researchers were able to control the behaviour of the membrane
at a
different frequency, amplifying or suppressing its
vibrations depending on the specific excitation conditions.
The MIT team came up with a way to vibrate the cantilever in many
different modes simultaneously, and to measure how each particle affects the
vibration frequency of each mode
at each point along the resonator.
When the pair put individual termites into petri dishes and made them vibrate
at different frequencies, they found the termites only stopped what they were doing and appeared to pay attention when the
vibration patterns recorded in the wild were recreated.