An ‘acoustic prism’ can split sound the way a regular prism splits light

http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acoustic-prism-head-768x425.jpg 768w, http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acoustic-prism-head-640x354.jpg 640w, http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acoustic-prism-head-106x59.jpg 106w, http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acoustic-prism-head-672x371.jpg 672w, http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/acoustic-prism-head.jpg 1344w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />A new device lays bare the physical nature of sound by breaking sound waves down to their components, and as a result it can achieve things no prior microphone could