Novel approach to control energy wave

Synthetic metamaterial directs mechanical waves along specific path

https://showme.missouri.edu/2023/scientists-create-novel-approach-to-control-energy-waves-in-4d

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36996075

* builds on: https://engineering.missouri.edu/2021/mizzou-engineering-team-discovers-method-to-control-sound-waves-in-the-fourth-dimension

Creating synthetic spaces for higher-order topological sound transport

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25305-z

Waveguide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waveguide

Structure that guides waves e.g. sound, light, radio waves, other EM waves w. min. loss of E by restricting E transmission to 1 direction

#acoustics #metamaterials #waveguide