Editing Cochlea (section)

===Bionics===
In 2009, engineers at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] created an [[Integrated circuit|electronic chip]] that can quickly analyze a very large range of [[Radio frequency|radio frequencies]] while using only a fraction of the power needed for existing technologies; its design specifically mimics a cochlea.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/bio-electronics-0603.html | title = Drawing inspiration from nature to build a better radio: New radio chip mimics human ear, could enable universal radio | author = Anne Trafton | publisher = MIT newsoffice | date = June 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author1=Soumyajit Mandal |author2=Serhii M. Zhak |author3=Rahul Sarpeshkar | title = A Bio-Inspired Active Radio-Frequency Silicon Cochlea | journal = IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits | volume = 44 | issue = 6 | date = June 2009 | pages = 1814–1828 | doi = 10.1109/JSSC.2009.2020465|bibcode=2009IJSSC..44.1814M | url = https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/1721.1/59982/2/Mandal-2009-A%20Bio-Inspired%20Active%20Radio-Frequency%20Silicon%20Cochlea.pdf |hdl=1721.1/59982 |s2cid=10756707 | hdl-access = free }}</ref>