Super-sensitive, super-cheap earthquake detector

While traditional seismographs cost several thousand dollars, the Shake 4D costs just $ 500, while the early price on the Kickstarter is only $ 300. It is so sensitive that it recognizes the movement of the human foot.

If you live in an area where earthquakes are frequent, you may already be familiar with it and protect yourself. But if you want to enhance your ability to recognize earthquakes (or if you're an amateur seismologist), then the new version of Raspberry Pi will work well for you.

As an updated version for Raspberry Shake, the Raspberry Shake 4D version - which is raising community funds on Kickstarter, is more equipped with sensors.

Mike Hotchkiss, one of the founders of Shake, said the new Shake version is fully compatible with the Early Earthquake Warning System (EEW).

Shake 4D Earthquake Equipment - (Photo: gadgets.com).

He said traditional seismographs cost several thousand dollars, while Shake 4D - with similar functionality - was sold for only $ 500, and the early price on Kickstarter was $ 300.

"Lower prices will enable researchers, scientists, research institutes and government organizations to install thousands of devices with the same amount of money when buying 10 traditional seismographs." he shared.

"The installation process is simple, it does not require much effort and you do not have to hire a seismologist to help you, just put it on the ground, plug it in and it's done."

To see how sensitive this device is, let's take a look at the video below when Shake locates the vibration of a coin falling on the table:

The original Raspberry Shake was used by seismologists, including the Oklahoma Geography team, when they purchased 100 of these devices and installed it in the EEW earthquake warning system.

However, many people use this device for different purposes: the user measures the small vibrations of the Earth's surface near the place where the oil and gas exploration works, who use it to measure small shocks. like rush hour traffic, applause in the auditorium.

Even people use it to measure ... noise from the washing machine.