Check out this article about a new system in development to identify earthquakes and tsunamis via P2P software. It works by analyzing the vibrations from many hard disks, and if the correct correlation is found, it issues a warning. Right now, the system is still under development, but I think it’s an intriguing idea that demonstrates a creative use of computers.
I’m not sure how this program gets geographical location on people to use in its calculations (i.e. to determine the speed of the wave, etc.) because the homepage of the project is currently down. Hopefully this ends up working well and we hear more about it in the future. I, for one, wouldn’t mind running it on my computer should I end up in the bay area…
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