DocAndersen
One of the things I’ve talked about many times is the Opensource GeoMicrophone Raspberry Shake. First of all, a Geophone is a form of what used to be called a Seismograph and is the current “best” model for detecting seismic anomalies. People ask me all the time why I have a seismograph at home. As you can see from this mornings chart, the blip that was a little of the earth shaking is why. Yes, having a father that was a scientist did color my persuasion towards scientific instruments. But I also know that getting and learning new things is important to me. My father used always to say “be a life long learner” I am trying to make sure I do my best
Another thing that I consider important for me is weather gear. Since our daily dog walks are outside, and we walk year round, I like to know what the weather is where we are. The National Weather Service (in the US) and the European Weather Service (in Europe) do a great job. As to many weather agencies ofSouth East Asian countries. All do a great job. But as my grandfather used to say “if you are painting a wall that is ten by 10, a 3-foot wide brush is great. If you are painting time that is 3 inches, that 3-foot brush is useless.” The right tool for the job was the variation my dad always used. If you look at the weather where your house is, versus the NSW or weather service information, it can be different.
All of these is coming back to learning! There are a learning curve and a usage curve with any devices you add to your life.
One of the things I do love about the Raspberry PI system is the ability of innovators to create things like the Raspberry Shake, and their newly integrated Raspberry Boom, which integrates a microphone with a Geophone to allow you to hear loud noises and seismic activity. All of this based on the small IoT process (Internet of things) called the Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry PI is an opensource system that is impressive and low cost!
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do you have to be a geek to have a seismograph at home?
Maybe we in Auckland should get a seismograph in our homes, infact all of New Zealand. The whole country is sitting on the earth’s geographic plates, There are 2 plates, the South Pacific plate and the Australian plate. They both move in different ways hence we get some earth quakes.
We have plenty of dormant volcanoes particularly in Auckland. Apparently Auckland has lots of little earthquakes every day but most don’t notice it
Not so long ago I was at home and felt that a truck had hit a power pole, It hadn’t but what happened was there was an earthquake between Rangitoto Island and Mission Bay and Remurea area.
If a volcano occurs there, it will probably rise up from the sea – ie the Waitemata. We should get some warning if that happens, because no one would survive that situation if it occurred
yup! The US State of Oklahoma put one in every single school!!!!
you need the right tool for the job
or in my case the right geek to find the tool 🙂
finding the right geek can solve most of your problems
Your technology hobbies are not for me. But I like it.
Thank you for reading, that means a lot!
It is ok to be a geek Doc. 🙂 I like being different. And would like one of these as well. We have tremors here in TN.
The one in the picture was epicenter near Chattanooga TN…
Wooow, Doc. You have a lot of very interesting hobbies.
Thanks – some of them are odd I know
My friend about this device does not have much clue …. you have to be a seismologist for that already
I am an amatuer seismologist!
It is a fun hobby I like to know what is going on around me
But that’s what I believe … so that the earthquake can be predicted?
That is the goal, there are more than 40,000 Raspberry Shake Devices in the world and they are building a global map!
But the earthquake still can not be predicted, my friend
They will someday be able to predict. But you are right today earthquakes cannot be predicted accurately.
Like the weather sometimes!
It’s probably not easy … in our weather forecasts, sometimes in the forecasts of the weather sometimes they make a mistake … I just do not understand … all devices and many errors … in the old days there were not so many devices, but the weather was more precisely predicted than today
sadly, the weather was predicted in the old days, literally as it was happening. Now they are trying to project 12-14 days ahead.
So it is and then they are faltering for the next day … I got used to it that my weather forecast is a look through the window … in the morning when I get up
I like to know what the temperature is where I am, as we head out for the walk.
You have shared great info about Raspberry PL system. I liked the way you presented it!
thanks you have to be a bit of a science geek to like this stuff
seismograph ??? Can you please elaborate in detail
A link to the definition is here https://www.britannica.com/science/seismograph
it is a scientific instrument designed to measure the movement of the earth. When there is an earthquake, they always tell you the magnitude (5.3 and so on), that is a measurement created by a seismograph!