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Researchers Make Mount Etna Sing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sing-the-volcano-electric dept.

The Interfacer writes "Predicting eruptions will become easier now scientists are using technology to translate the patterns in a volcano's behaviour into sound waves. "The research project, which brings together experts from Europe and Latin America, digitally collects geophysical information on seismic movements before using data sonification to transform them into audible sound waves, which can then be 'scored' as melodies. The resulting 'music' is then analysed for patterns of behaviour and used to identify similarities in eruption dynamics and so predict future activity."

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  1. I for one by andrewman327 · · Score: 1, Funny

    [Insert obligatory American Idol joke here.]

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    Information wants a fueled airplane waiting at the hangar and no one gets hurt.
  2. ...and next up on the Mt. Etna hit parade... by FlyByPC · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I feel the earth... move... under my feet..."

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    Paleotechnologist and connoisseur of pretty shiny things.
  3. Re:Dirk Gently by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

    It'd be cool if they could explain what was happening at what points in the melodies.

    Let's just say that when you hear Asus you'd better C# and run or you'll Bb.

    KFG

  4. Re:Obligatory by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 5, Funny

    > But will the volcano run linux?

    Yes, but only Caldera.

  5. Re:Dirk Gently by Troy · · Score: 2, Funny
    It'd be cool if they could explain what was happening at what points in the melodies


    Uncovered by the research: When the volcano is about to explode, it sounds like Yoko Ono.
  6. Re:Obligatory by andrewman327 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Congratulations, good sir. It is entirely possible that that is the geekiest joke ever made on Slashdot. You have combined Linux and esoteric valcanology. Wow.

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  7. Re:Volcanic Chambers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yogi lived in Jellystone, not Yellowstone....

    Shhhhhh!!!! The president doesn't know that! It'll break his heart if he finds out!