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From: Rich Grise on Google groups on 2 Jul 2010 15:52 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
From: John Larkin on 2 Jul 2010 16:12 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
From: AM on 2 Jul 2010 16:17 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 That follows a model like the distributed computing models like the Berkley SETI at home thing. Sounds nice, but there are far more accurate placements in hundreds (literally) of locations already, and they do analyze the data from them. In a home, merely pulling into the garage with the car would deliver false information that would cause the need for further, more in depth processing of the data to cull out the false events. They ARE analyzing a LOT of info already. They DO have hundreds of sensors already in place, already delivering radio dispatched recorded data blocks. With GPS.
From: John O'Flaherty on 2 Jul 2010 16:18 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? There's an app for that: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seismometer/id288966259?mt=8 -- John
From: AM on 2 Jul 2010 16:24
On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:18:52 -0500, John O'Flaherty <quiasmox(a)yeeha.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? > >There's an app for that: > >http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seismometer/id288966259?mt=8 I am quite sure that the accelerometer in the iSuckYerWalletDryPhone does not have the needed resolve to accurately provide usable data for analysis. There would need to be iSuckYerWalletDryPhone fixtures to hold the phones involved in a specific orientation so that all readings could be normalized. The chip would actually have to have very good resolution, as well as the circuitry that reads it, and the iSuck is already packed full of PHONE circuits, so I doubt the resolve of the iSenseTheJiggles circuit will be good enough to begin with. |