http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/intelligent-geotextiles-wired.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 07:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/intelligent-geotextiles-wired.html#comment-1325246 OtherMichael Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139782#comment-1325246 VENTUS, here we come.... VENTUS, here we come….

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/intelligent-geotextiles-wired.html#comment-1325186 Matthew Petty Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139782#comment-1325186 This is a logical extension of the current fiber-based temperature and strain monitoring systems that use a single thread of fiber, laser pulses, and mathematical analysis of backscattered light. Instead of a single thread, why not a 2-dimensional mat? USGS use it: http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/bgas/fiber-optics/ This is a logical extension of the current fiber-based temperature and strain monitoring systems that use a single thread of fiber, laser pulses, and mathematical analysis of backscattered light. Instead of a single thread, why not a 2-dimensional mat? USGS use it: http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/bgas/fiber-optics/

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/intelligent-geotextiles-wired.html#comment-1324709 Charlie McHenry Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139782#comment-1324709 Now this will be quite useful in a world of big data.  Now this will be quite useful in a world of big data. 

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/01/19/intelligent-geotextiles-wired.html#comment-1324556 patrick Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=139782#comment-1324556 Dutch ENGINEERING firm? I used to sleep under a Ten Cate blanket at my grandparents home thirty years ago! They stuck to weaving apparently. Dutch ENGINEERING firm? I used to sleep under a Ten Cate blanket at my grandparents home thirty years ago! They stuck to weaving apparently.

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