Researchers Create 'Sound Bullets': Highly Focused Acoustic Pulses Could Be Used As Sonic Scalpels And More

Researchers have built a nonlinear acoustic lens that produces highly focused, high-amplitude acoustic signals, drawing inspiration from "Newton's cradle" (shown above). (Credit: iStockphoto)

From Science Daily:

ScienceDaily (Apr. 21, 2010) — Taking inspiration from a popular executive toy ("Newton's cradle"), researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have built a device -- called a nonlinear acoustic lens -- that produces highly focused, high-amplitude acoustic signals dubbed "sound bullets."

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