computerworld.com — Governments seeking inexpensive technology to warn of tsunamis may be interested in a free application that monitors vibrations in the hard disks of computers in an effort to detect undersea earthquakes that cause tsunamis. The Tsunami Harddisk Detector captures vibration data and shares it with computers connected via a P2P network.
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jaymSep 8, 2006
Did anyone get a chance to download it before the ninsight admin locked the directory?
Closed AccountSep 8, 2006
We can create a peer to peer network to predict tsunamis, track hurricanes real time via satellite, measure the strength of earthquakes, put a man on the moon...but we cant create one attractive female golfer.the irony...
posnegSep 8, 2006
Nice one Sarkoon. Too bad your sophisticated humor is lost on all the idiots. "Duuuuhh sarkoon! How can a compuatr macheine work while underwater? You're silly! "
nuewaySep 8, 2006
Gah, just tie a 300Watt amp onto the computer, tape a happy yellow smiley face on the power button, crank it on full volume, set your mp3 player to play the most retarded song ever, and then just run outside and tell your brother or sister to go inside your room and press the smiley face to get something awesome. They were probably using the p2p system to download some 'stuff' from other people's 'private' folders anyway...
skaflocSep 8, 2006
The application will of course also stealth-upload all info on your harddrive to the company.
jermeSep 8, 2006
This isn't really P2P - it's comparable to any DC (distributed computing) project such as Folding at Home or BOINC in the sense that any client nodes send data back to servers for analysis. Nevertheless, it's an interesting project.