This is awesome! Finally empirical evidence to back up what I've felt all along -- that those fake LED candles don't look anything like a real candle and are actually kind of distracting.
That animation at the end really sums it up nicely.
That animation at the end really sums it up nicely.
Or are there better sensors than microphones to detect air disturbances?
Real hot wires have a diameter of ~ 1/100 of a millimeter, that's the only way to achieve any useful level of sensitivity.