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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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/earthquake-detecting-program-turns-your-laptop-into-a-seismometer/'>READ ARTICLE</a>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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/earthquake-detecting-program-turns-your-laptop-into-a-seismometer/'>READ ARTICLE</a>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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/earthquake-detecting-program-turns-your-laptop-into-a-seismometer/'>READ ARTICLE</a>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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/earthquake-detecting-program-turns-your-laptop-into-a-seismometer/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
