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From: Jim Thompson on 2 Jul 2010 16:29 On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:12:54 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 12:52:40 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups ><richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>I was reading today about the recent earthquakes in and near so. Cal, >>and they >>were talking about how difficult it is to analyze faults and stuff - >>they were wondering >>how the quakes had affected nearby faults. >> >>So I came up with this idea: How about a little home seismometer, that >>sells for >>about twenty bucks, maybe even with a GPS (I don't konw how cheap they >>are these >>days, but accelerometers are almost free), and an ethernet connection >>- somebody >>could set up a central sort of monitoring place, and write some >>software to analyze >>movements and so on, to give an indication of seismic activity - maybe >>it could lead >>to some sort of early warning system! >> >>Whaddaya think? >> >>Thanks, >>Rich > >Thousands of home seisometers, scattered all over the place, >interfaced to computers and the internet, would be interesting, sort >of like Seti at Home. With enough data, and enough computing, it might >be possible to 3D image the earth's internal structures, layer >characteristics, stuff like that. > >Maybe the computing part could be parceled back out to those same >computers. Nasty math problems. > >I wonder if a fault diffracts sound waves. It certainly makes them, >now and then. > >John Precisely how storms (and lightning) are located as a service to puddle-jumper airports. As in... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Uman I did some analog circuit design (non-chip) for Lightning Location and Protection, Inc., mid 1980's. ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | Obama: A reincarnation of Nixon, narcissistically posing in politically-correct black-face, but with fewer scruples.
From: AM on 2 Jul 2010 17:00 On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:29:58 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:12:54 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Fri, 2 Jul 2010 12:52:40 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups >><richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>I was reading today about the recent earthquakes in and near so. Cal, >>>and they >>>were talking about how difficult it is to analyze faults and stuff - >>>they were wondering >>>how the quakes had affected nearby faults. >>> >>>So I came up with this idea: How about a little home seismometer, that >>>sells for >>>about twenty bucks, maybe even with a GPS (I don't konw how cheap they >>>are these >>>days, but accelerometers are almost free), and an ethernet connection >>>- somebody >>>could set up a central sort of monitoring place, and write some >>>software to analyze >>>movements and so on, to give an indication of seismic activity - maybe >>>it could lead >>>to some sort of early warning system! >>> >>>Whaddaya think? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Rich >> >>Thousands of home seisometers, scattered all over the place, >>interfaced to computers and the internet, would be interesting, sort >>of like Seti at Home. With enough data, and enough computing, it might >>be possible to 3D image the earth's internal structures, layer >>characteristics, stuff like that. >> >>Maybe the computing part could be parceled back out to those same >>computers. Nasty math problems. >> >>I wonder if a fault diffracts sound waves. It certainly makes them, >>now and then. >> >>John > >Precisely how storms (and lightning) are located as a service to >puddle-jumper airports. As in... > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_A._Uman > >I did some analog circuit design (non-chip) for Lightning Location and >Protection, Inc., mid 1980's. > > ...Jim Thompson Florida is the biggest 'Lightning research lab' in the world. Guaranteed daily test runs in numerous Lab 'theaters'. Guaranteed to be picked up on numerous such sensors, and numerous sensors of a different color as well. One can likely than NASA for that.
From: AM on 2 Jul 2010 17:01 On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:00:32 -0700, AM <thisthatandtheother(a)beherenow.org> wrote: > > Florida is the biggest 'Lightning research lab' in the world. Guaranteed >daily test runs in numerous Lab 'theaters'. Guaranteed to be picked up >on numerous such sensors, and numerous sensors of a different color as >well. One can likely than NASA for that. ^^^^^ thank
From: tm on 2 Jul 2010 17:18 "Rich Grise on Google groups" <richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:0abc3193-ed7d-452e-84c1-f052b23d0738(a)s24g2000pri.googlegroups.com... >I was reading today about the recent earthquakes in and near so. Cal, > and they > were talking about how difficult it is to analyze faults and stuff - > they were wondering > how the quakes had affected nearby faults. > > So I came up with this idea: How about a little home seismometer, that > sells for > about twenty bucks, maybe even with a GPS (I don't konw how cheap they > are these > days, but accelerometers are almost free), and an ethernet connection > - somebody > could set up a central sort of monitoring place, and write some > software to analyze > movements and so on, to give an indication of seismic activity - maybe > it could lead > to some sort of early warning system! > http://www.eqh.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/src/eew/slides/K16horiuchi.pdf --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Jan Panteltje on 2 Jul 2010 17:17
On a sunny day (Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:00:32 -0700) it happened AM <thisthatandtheother(a)beherenow.org> wrote in <anks26lqf154922ovrbtr85f7r9j2i2089(a)4ax.com>: > Florida is the biggest 'Lightning research lab' in the world. Guaranteed >daily test runs in numerous Lab 'theaters'. Guaranteed to be picked up >on numerous such sensors, and numerous sensors of a different color as >well. One can likely than NASA for that. All a bit primitive perhaps, I just type: http://nl.allmetsat.com/beelden/bliksem-nederland.php And know it is coming at me :-) Antenna is disconnected. |