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Kind of like SETI@home, but for collecting data instead of
processing it. From NPR.org: Newer models of laptops manufactured
by companies like Apple and Lenovo contain accelerometers -- motion
sensors meant to detect whether the computer has been dropped. If
the computer falls, the hard drive will automatically switch off to
protect the user's data."As soon as I knew there were these
low-cost sensors inside these accelerometers, I thought it would be
perfect to use them to network together and actually record
earthquakes," says geoscientist Elizabeth Cochran of the University
of California, R...
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