“In this study, we introduce a novel form of sound production in caterpillars – whistling. While most insects and caterpillars that generate sound do so by rubbing body parts together or against a substrate, few generate sound through using air expulsion. The walnut sphinx Amorpha juglandis caterpillar is a cryptic species found throughout much of […]
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Hip Squeaks
Unfortunately, Ceramic-on-Ceramic (CoC) implants used in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) can sometimes squeak. The problem has been examined by an Australian team led by Dr. David Owen from the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, The Canberra Hospital, Australia. They report in the European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 2014 Jan;24(1):57-61. ‘The natural history of […]
Coming Event: Squeaks on a Chalkboard
The highlight of the 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, in San Diego. will almost certainly be the session about the psychoacoustics of chalkboard squeaking.It builds on the work of 2006 Ig Nobel Prize (in acoustics) winners D. Lynn Halpern, Randolph Blake and James Hillenbrand, who in 1986 published the study “Psychoacoustics of a Chilling Sound,” The new session […]
Doppler effect with a dog’s squeak toy
This video demonstrates (intentionally or not) the doppler effect with a dog’s squeak toy. (Thanks to investigators Luke McGuff, Geri Sullivan, and David “Doppler Detector” Levine for bringing this to our attention.)