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Most likely somewhere inside your laptop there is something called an accelerometer.If you've purchased a laptop over the past few years it's very likely to contain a device called an accelerometer -- a sensor that can save your hard drive by registering if you've dropped your precious Mac or PC. In a genius feat of repurposing, Elizabeth Cochran of the University of California, Riverside and and Jesse Lawrence of Stanford have created a <strong>free computer program</strong> that uses your accelerometer to turn your computer into a seismometer that can easily detect earthquakes. They're working on building a network of earthquake-detecting computers around the world in order to crowdsource seismic data and get people to safety faster.1
It registers whether or not your clumsy self has dropped your precious Mac — or PC.If you've purchased a laptop over the past few years it's very likely to contain a device called an accelerometer -- a sensor that can save your hard drive by registering if you've dropped your precious Mac or PC. In a genius feat of repurposing, Elizabeth Cochran of the University of California, Riverside and and Jesse Lawrence of Stanford have created a <strong>free computer program</strong> that uses your accelerometer to turn your computer into a seismometer that can easily detect earthquakes. They're working on building a network of earthquake-detecting computers around the world in order to crowdsource seismic data and get people to safety faster.2
In a genius feat of repurposing Elizabeth Cochran of the University of California, Riverside and and Jesse Lawrence of Stanford have created a free computer program that uses your accelerometer.If you've purchased a laptop over the past few years it's very likely to contain a device called an accelerometer -- a sensor that can save your hard drive by registering if you've dropped your precious Mac or PC. In a genius feat of repurposing, Elizabeth Cochran of the University of California, Riverside and and Jesse Lawrence of Stanford have created a <strong>free computer program</strong> that uses your accelerometer to turn your computer into a seismometer that can easily detect earthquakes. They're working on building a network of earthquake-detecting computers around the world in order to crowdsource seismic data and get people to safety faster.3
It turns your computer into an amateur seismometer and allows them to easily detect earthquakes around the world.If you've purchased a laptop over the past few years it's very likely to contain a device called an accelerometer -- a sensor that can save your hard drive by registering if you've dropped your precious Mac or PC. In a genius feat of repurposing, Elizabeth Cochran of the University of California, Riverside and and Jesse Lawrence of Stanford have created a <strong>free computer program</strong> that uses your accelerometer to turn your computer into a seismometer that can easily detect earthquakes. They're working on building a network of earthquake-detecting computers around the world in order to crowdsource seismic data and get people to safety faster.4
