Re:A Cheap, Ubiquitous Earthquake Warning System
by progman on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @03:34AM
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As far as I know there is nothing more reliable than animals for detecting earthquakes. Typically animals go crazy when they realize a coming earthquake.
One way to take advantage of that could be to stick sensors (radio monitoring, RFID or something) to some animals. If the animals go crazy then the pattern of their movements is a reliable sign of a soon coming earthquake.
Re:A Cheap, Ubiquitous Earthquake Warning System
by gii2 on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @04:28AM
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It is believed that some animals (not all of them) sense the P-wave that comes faster that the destructive S-wave. So I think it is better to rely on sensors that animals.
http://gizmodo.com/5833733/how-your-dog-knows-an-earthquake-...
One way to take advantage of that could be to stick sensors (radio monitoring, RFID or something) to some animals. If the animals go crazy then the pattern of their movements is a reliable sign of a soon coming earthquake.