Larinioides sclopetarius helped researchers from Binghamton University investigate how spiders listen to their environment (IMAGE)

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Larinioides sclopetarius helped researchers from Binghamton University investigate how spiders listen to their environment

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Larinioides sclopetarius, commonly known as bridge spiders, helped researchers from Binghamton University investigate how spiders listen to their environments through webs as a way to inspire future designs for microphones that would also be able to respond to sound-driven airflow.

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Junpeng Lai

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