Connect Nicaragua volcano with the Internet to forecast eruption risks

Not to surf Facebook, to watch videos on YouTube, but to cover the entire volcano in Nicaragua with the internet will help scientists obtain data to predict when it is about to erupt , from which the owner dynamically working out an emergency response.

Specifically, General Electric will cooperate with explorer, filmmaker Sam Cossman and the Nicaragua government to install 80 wireless sensors inside an active volcano called Masaya outside the capital of Managua. Under the plan, the first Cossman explorer will climb down to 370 degrees from the crater to test the WiFi network. Within the next 2-3 weeks, Cossman will install sensors in the area around the lava mouth.

Masaya crater, where will be installed sensors connected to the internet to predict the eruption.

The sensors will allow scientists to collect real-time data on temperature, atmospheric pressure, gravity and many other variables such as CO2 and H ₂ S at the crater. The data collected will be transmitted over the internet to an open source database called Predix . From here, researchers and local residents can access the data to better understand the behavior of Masaya volcano. Therefore, the data will be presented simply through the web interface so that ordinary people can read it, not just for professionals.

Cossman said: "The basic goal is to install sensors into volcanoes and create an effective system for early eruption of volcanic eruptions in the world . This project will be the first model and will be worldwide replication in the field of disaster forecasting ". When carrying out the task of installing volcanic sensors, Cossman will get a special set of clothes, with aluminum coating to withstand temperatures up to nearly 540 degrees C at the lava crater. Another challenge of the project is to ensure that the sensors after mounting also withstand extremely high temperatures here to transmit accurate information to the center.