<ul><li>A commercial wireless microphone array, created with help from NASA, can locate crop-threatening insects by listening for the sounds they make in fields.</li><li>Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation (IC2), with support from NASA's Langley Research Center, has developed the WirelessArray product, which offers a cheaper and more efficient option for noise testing on airplanes.</li><li>The WirelessArray simplifies the noise testing process by collecting noise data and building a two-dimensional map of sound pressure and its source when an airplane flies directly overhead.</li><li>IC2 is also utilizing acoustic data to listen for high-frequency insect sounds in agricultural settings, helping farmers intervene before crops are significantly damaged.</li></ul>

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