How a high-tech wall is helping elephants thrive at Zoo Atlanta

Georgia Tech researchers and Zoo Atlanta are innovating technology to keep elephants healthy and sharp. Building on this innovation, Arianna Mastali, a Georgia Tech PhD student, is developing an interactive wall that produces sounds elephants typically hear in the wild. Mastali says elephants' keen ears can hear low-frequency sounds, and that the sounds from the wall keep them mentally stimulated.She explains, "In the wild, they sometimes communicate through those low frequencies by being able t