Author(s): Rolf Müller, Anupam K. Gupta, Hongxiao Zhu, Mittu Pannala, Uzair S. Gillani, Yanqing Fu, Philip Caspers, and John R. Buck
Horseshoe bats have dynamic biosonar systems with interfaces for ultrasonic emission (reception) that change shape while diffracting the outgoing (incoming) sound waves. An information-theoretic analysis based on numerical and physical prototypes shows that these shape changes add sensory informatio…
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 158102] Published Tue Apr 11, 2017