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Echolocating App Will Let You Map a Room with Sound


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Making soundscapes

Making soundscapes.

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Bats, dolphins, and even some blind people use echoes to create a mental 3D map of their environment and where they are in it. A smartphone's chirp could soon let us do the same.

From New Scientist
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