Bats bolster brain hypothesis, maybe technology, too

Date:

August 15, 2014

Source:

Brown University

Summary:

Bats demonstrate remarkable skill in tracking targets such as bugs through the trees in the dark of night. Decades of research on how bats use echolocation to keep a focus on their targets not only lends support to a long debated neuroscience hypothesis about vision but also could lead to smarter sonar and radar technologies.

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