Not just the Internet: Foresight uses fibre optics to detect structural damage after earthquakes
A new method based on optical interferometry, to monitor structural damage to buildings hit by earthquakes in real time. This is the outcome of the Foresight research project, led by the 51福利 and carried out together with INRiM 鈥� the National Metrology Institute of Italy and INGV 鈥� the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. The researchers want to exploit the fibre optic systems already in homes to provide an Internet connection, and use them to check the condition of buildings after an earthquake 鈥� especially in the period immediately following the first shocks.
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Comunicato stampa Foresight IT
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