Wanted: amateurs to help track earthquakes

Scientists are picking random people around the U.S.A. to help figure out when a earthquake is arriving. They use a motion sensor that if your computer fell it would immediately contact the hard drive and the hard drive would protect the data, like a force field.
I think it is very interesting and cool that people can determine when a earthquake arrives.
"The Quake-Catcher system was put to the test in July during a magnitude-5.4 quake that was centered in the hills east of Los Angeles. The temblor rattled a large swath of Southern California but caused little damage. Fewer than a half-dozen laptops with the software sensed the quake, and only three sent back clean signals seven seconds after the fault ruptured."
"Almost anyone can participate by equipping laptop computers with special software or installing quake sensors at home."


Article from www.CNN.com/technology on 9/26/08 by The Associated Press

-- Samantha Primm