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Transducer Operation

Quick fact

The piezoelectric effect, discovered by Pierre and Jacques Curie in 1880, is used in transducers for everything from ultrasound imaging to quartz watches.

Why this is interesting

You speak into a microphone, and your voice is heard on the other side of the world. But how does a sound wave become an electrical signal—and then back into sound? The answer lies in a remarkable device: the transducer.