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Five things to know about guiding sound for better communication
Every time someone picks up a call, the phone does a quiet bit of translation. Incoming radio signals are converted into tiny sound waves that ripple across chips before being turned back into data.
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Every time someone picks up a call, the phone does a quiet bit of translation. Incoming radio signals are converted into tiny sound waves that ripple across chips before being turned back into data. "Those waves are useful but unruly," says physicist A.T. Charlie Johnson of the School of Arts and Sciences.
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