Real Time Monitoring of a Live Volcano The Problem Industry often finds it necessary to monitor conditions in extremely hazardous locations. Sometimes it’s a steel mill. Sometimes it’s a live volcano. We mention monitoring volcanoes because one of our customers was recently tasked to do that very thing. When eruptions in Iceland can interrupt flight schedules and cargo service all over Europe it’s useful to have some advanced warning about what to expect. But – thanks to lava flows, ash fall and earth tremors – installing and maintaining a data communications cable run on a live a volcano would be a very expensive proposition. The Solution Our customer made use of the cellular telephone network instead. The seismographs, GPS units and other devices at the reporting stations

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