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Very interesting. Atmospherics might also be useful as an RNG or possibly a trustworthy public randomness beacon. "There are an average of 45 lightning flashes
by kenesom1 11y ago
Very interesting. Atmospherics might also be useful as an RNG or possibly a trustworthy public randomness beacon.
"There are an average of 45 lightning flashes per second around the world. [...] The radio signature (like a fingerprint) of a lightning strike can be detected around the world [...] [R]eceiving ELF/VLF waves allows us to determine the exact location of most lightning strikes on the whole planet, with just a small number of ELF/VLF receivers [...]"
http://vlf.stanford.edu/research/introduction-vlf http://vlf.stanford.edu/research/introduction-vlf
http://vlf.stanford.edu/research/global-lightning-geo-location http://vlf.stanford.edu/research/global-lightning-geo-locati...
- okramcivokram 11y agoThere's a great project blitzortung.org that I think uses that technology to create a real time map of lightnings.
- kenesom1 11y agoThat's awesome!