Seismologists at Stanford have found an innovative method to gather quake info - by using laptops equipped with accelerometers. that method saves resources for scientists by using your laptops that are deployed across a widespread area, particularly in places such as SF and LA with plans to move into different zones later. Owners of a MacBook, iBook or Powerbook made after 2005 can join in that effort to inform citizens about quakes after it happens, or even

functioning as a warning system. After all, every restricted micro-second counts, and the system is smart suitable to tell the different amoung a real big earthquake compared to vibrations from a passing truck, a bump to a table, or even a minor earthquake. I think that will prove more useful than the SETI home project.

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