It lets you listen in on the rumbles and grumbles beneath your feet, and can give you great insight into matters of seismic importance ... to practically build the device.

That doesn’t mean you can’t keep track of doings below your feet yourself, with something like this DIY seismograph ... other seismic detectors before, like this piezo-based device, or ...

The new application, for which a patent is being sought, is an advanced seismic isolator known as the roll-n-cage (RNC) isolator. The device was developed based on a doctoral thesis by Mohammed ...

Whereas conventional dissipation devices employ steel to mitigate earthquake damage, the “unique” patent impressively only requires sand to protect buildings from seismic attacks. University ...

Its small size makes deploying and operating the PASS much more affordable than conventional seismic sources, which are typically several meters in size. The ultra-compact device can be powered by ...

The idea, described here Monday (Dec. 9) at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union, is to place hundreds of floating seismic devices into the seas to measure the vibrations of ...