This Microphone Visualizes and Captures Sound.

algorithm: A series of rules or procedures designed to solve a specific problem step by step. Algorithms are utilized in mathematics and computer programming to arrive at solutions.

audible: Refers to sounds that can typically be detected by the ear or other sound-sensing mechanisms.

audio: Pertaining to sound.

concave: Descriptive of a surface that is slightly rounded inward, similar to the interior of a bowl.

convex: A surface that has a rounded shape protruding outward.

electricity: A flow of electric charge, primarily caused by the movement of negatively charged particles known as electrons.

environment: The totality of everything surrounding an organism, encompassing the processes and conditions created by these surroundings. This term may also relate to the weather or ecosystems where an animal resides, including factors like temperature and humidity or the arrangement of objects in the vicinity.

field: A term used to define the natural setting where research occurs, such as an ocean, forest, mountaintop, or street. This contrasts with artificial environments like laboratories.

flex: The ability to bend without fracturing. Materials exhibiting this characteristic are referred to as flexible.

glass: A hard, brittle material made from silica, a mineral commonly found in sand. Glass is typically transparent and chemically inert. Diatoms, a type of aquatic organism, construct their shells from silica.

heartbeat: The heart rate, indicating how often the heart pumps blood throughout the body each minute.

internet: A global electronic communication network that connects computers, enabling access to information, file downloads, and data sharing (including images).

molecule: A collection of atoms that forms the smallest unit of a compound. Molecules can consist of the same type of atom or different ones. For example, oxygen in the atmosphere is represented by two bonded oxygen atoms (O₂), while water is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom (H₂O).

optical: An adjective relating to light or vision.

physicist: A scientist dedicated to studying the nature and properties of matter and energy.

pixel: Short for picture element, it represents a tiny area of illumination on a computer display or a dot on a printed page. Pixels are typically organized in an array to create a digital image. An image contains thousands of pixels, each varying in brightness and color, most of which are not discernible to the naked eye without magnification.

spare: An initial stage or step leading up to something more significant.

sensor: A device that detects, stores, or transmits information regarding physical or chemical conditions such as temperature, pressure, salinity, humidity, pH, light intensity, and radiation. Scientists and engineers often depend on sensors to monitor changing conditions or to gather data from remote locations where direct measurements are not feasible. In biology, it also refers to structures that living organisms use to perceive environmental attributes, such as heat, wind, chemicals, moisture, injury, or threats from predators.

sound waves: Waves that carry sound, characterized by alternating areas of high and low pressure.

technology: The practical application of scientific knowledge, including devices, processes, and systems developed from such knowledge.

send: (n. send) To communicate or convey information.

wavelength: The distance between successive crests in a series of waves, serving as a metric for measuring radiation. Visible light, like all electromagnetic radiation, travels in waves with wavelengths ranging from approximately 380 nanometers (violet) to about 740 nanometers (red). Shorter wavelengths include gamma rays, X-rays, and ultraviolet light, while longer wavelengths encompass infrared radiation, microwaves, and radio waves.