You know how it is when you’re reading through your newsfeeds, and you find an article that makes you go, “Ohhhh yes, I have to blog about that”? Well, so it was with me and a story today from Australian newspaper, The Age.
Apparently, scientists down under are harnessing the power of the humble mobile phone to help them work out exactly what koalas are saying to each other, when they bellow, a sound that echoes through Australian forests, in springtime.
You may be wondering how they’re going to use mobile phones for that, but basically, as far as I can work out, they use a network of audio sensors, that pick up and record the sounds of koalas bellowing. Those sensors have basically got bits of mobile phones built into them, so they then fire the recordings back to the scientists’ research station (which I... ... read more (mobileshop-blog)