#  L. Mahadevan Develops A Simple Device That Mimics Complex Birdsongs 

 





August 28, 2017

 

 

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**L. Mahadevan** used air blown through a stretched rubber tube to recreate complex birdsongs. The study published in [Journal of the Royal Society Interface](http://rsif.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/14/133/20170002), found the complexity of birdsongs may be due to a simple controllable instability in the structure of the syrinx, a specialized organ used to create songs. News coverage in the [Harvard Gazette ](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/08/stretched-rubber-tube-can-re-create-complex-birdsongs/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=08.29.2017%20(1))and [SEAS](https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2017/08/mimicking-birdsongs) provides audio and video of the recreated songs.

##### *Image, "The Voice" courtesy of* [*Andy Morffew on Flickr*](https://www.flickr.com/photos/andymorffew/7159326732/in/photolist-bUDqpN-HRPaJz-RoAeqk-Fvw84Y-SiUKzy-TaFYHT-V6329L-fujnWq-neuuGq-P1cHEN-7UAXPJ-h5ZeVy-f1jgTS-2Ro9yP-nzCZqM-NmsLk-hMeU12-kArkfx-kjzSpV-Jt43wK-4vvp6V-7VWbPZ-atYH8z-b4qfVP-8GkHJd-eTweZD-eHPeeA-eWghbm-9F6Khk-9bHXYU-n2x6rZ-eW7pd-7UweKs-9EMsjc-8KtEio-4DvtTN-brP481-nD7hT5-bqW95N-9HujUC-mN1iRR-aaJrMK-drCoD9-jEYjg1-nuiaTX-rUzhmu-TeBDut-btPM8u-c25785-fhLtYg)



 

 

 



 

 

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