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There have been (theoretical) proposals to use them to communicate with submarines: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~hauser/neutrino_communication_paper/siljah_mod.
by ForHackernews 5y ago
There have been (theoretical) proposals to use them to communicate with submarines: http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~hauser/neutrino_communication_paper/siljah_mod.htm http://www.physics.ucla.edu/~hauser/neutrino_communication_p...
> Neutrinos have many properties that would make them superior even to the extremely low radio frequencies. Because neutrinos are nearly unaffected by matter, a neutrino beam could traverse directly through the earth from the transmission site to the submarine. A directional beam would allow confidential information to be passed only to the intended recipient. Neutrino communications would also be totally jam-proof. As an additional benefit, a neutrino message could be received in the deepest of waters, leaving a submarine less vulnerable to enemy attacks.
- godelski 5y agoThere's also research into using neutrinos as probes to detect things in the earth (oil, mineral deposits, etc). Different materials have different neutron absorption rate. Obviously this is pretty hard to pull off and expensive, but possible.