You normally think of fiber optic as something used in network cables. However, scientists employ dedicated fibers to detect earthquakes. In simple terms, they fire a laser down the fiber and watch…
It’s the kind of spy movie shit where they need to listen to a confidential conversation in a room they can’t bug, but someone wildly hacks about on a keyboard, randomly pulls up schematics of the building showing all the fiber lines, immediately spots that there’s one near that room, conveniently has a gadget at hand or can quickly assemble it that they just need to attach somewhere and make every nerd cringe.
It’s the kind of spy movie shit where they need to listen to a confidential conversation in a room they can’t bug, but someone wildly hacks about on a keyboard, randomly pulls up schematics of the building showing all the fiber lines, immediately spots that there’s one near that room, conveniently has a gadget at hand or can quickly assemble it that they just need to attach somewhere and make every nerd cringe.
And I… am that nerd!