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From War to Womb

The same technology, two completely different stories. Drag the slider to see how sound waves went from hunting submarines to checking on babies.

1915 - Detecting submarines
Today - Checking on babies
Same technology. Different purpose. The sound waves that once hunted submarines now help us watch a heartbeat in the womb. Both use high-frequency sound pulses and their returning echoes to build a picture of what cannot be seen directly. One was built for war. The other was adapted to bring families peace of mind. That is the journey of ultrasound.