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...with the advent of the Internet, the exchange of data has been facilitated, Steim says, but he adds that it was not crucial to the early success of the project...
...Internet has made processes that we already found ways to deal with much easier and less expensive, but the project was in no way waiting for the Internet," Steim says...
...much easier now for a researcher to send their preliminary results to another," Steim says. "There are stations in eastern Siberia where the Internet connection exists, but physically it's very difficult to get there...
...Digital Seismograph is so precise that the unit at Harvard's Oak Ridge Observatory in Harvard, Mass., can detect "marine microseisms"--the "motion of the ground generated by wave action against the entire coastline," Steim says. Units in other locations have also detected volcanic explosions, the sonic wave generated by landing space shuttles and even trucks...
...Steim has founded a company named Quanterra that is based in Harvard, Mass. The company was founded to develop and market his technology. Although a seismographic station using his technology currently costs over $150,000, Steim says he hopes to bring the price down...