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fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

"Like putting on glasses for the first time"-how AI improves earthquake detection

On January 1, 2008, at 1:59 AM in Calipatria, California, an earthquake happened. You haven't heard of this earthquake; even if you had been living in Calipatria, you wouldn't have felt anything. It was magnitude -0.53, about the same amount of shaking as a truck passing by. Still, this earthquake is notable, not because it was large but because it was small-and yet we know about it.
Artificial intelligence
Science
fromNature
3 months ago

Daily briefing: How the brain boots up from sleep to wakefulness

A wave of wakefulness transitions from the front to the back of the brain as we wake up.
Mobile UX
fromNature
3 months ago

Google tapped billions of mobile phones to detect quakes worldwide - and send alerts

Google's motion sensor technology detects earthquakes and sends warnings to millions in 98 countries.
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