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Time-Reversed Acoustics

Arrays of transducers can re-create a sound and send it back to its source as if time had been reversed. The process can be used to destroy kidney >stones, detect defects in materials and communicate with submarines

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 281 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Time-Reversed Acoustics” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 281 No. 5 (), p. 91
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1199-91