You normally think of fiber optic as something used in network cables. However, scientists employ dedicated fibers to detect earthquakes. In simple terms, they fire a laser down the fiber and watch…
  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2 hours

    Besides, if researchers can do this successfully, you would imagine three-letter agencies around the world could do it even better.

    You can’t just listen to a random fiber on the switch. You’d have to prepare a piece carefully and add the measuring system, by which point a micro is easier and smaller.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
      33 minutes

      Yeah, it basically says, “researchers could potentially measure vibrations in the air to detect speech.”

      I know. That’s how speech works.

  • IWW4@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1 hour

    /boggle

    And in other news, water makes things wet.