søndag den 28. september 2008

Wanted: amateurs to help track earthquakes


Gad vide hvordan måleren kan kende forskel på jordrystelser og andre 'rystelser'?
/Sik


Wonder how the sensors can know the difference between real shakes and other shakes?
/Sik


Quote

Earthquake scientists want to borrow your laptop or maybe a little space in your basement or garage.

Seismology graduate student Julian Lozos monitors earthquakes on a laptop with a built-in motion sensor.

Seismology graduate student Julian Lozos monitors earthquakes on a laptop with a built-in motion sensor.

Researchers don't have enough high-tech monitoring stations to track every instance of ground shaking, so they are enlisting help from ordinary people to document quakes and pinpoint areas of possible damage.

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Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/09/25/earthquake.trackers.ap/index.html

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