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Fiber Optics Bring You Internet. Now They’re Also Listening to Trains

Fiber Optics Bring You Internet. Now They’re Also Listening to Trains

“Distributed acoustic sensing” looks for disturbances in fiber to detect earthquakes and even insects. Can it also improve rail safety? Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer

February 1, 20246m 31s

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“Distributed acoustic sensing” looks for disturbances in fiber to detect earthquakes and even insects. Can it also improve rail safety?

Read this story here.

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices