A £5.5m EU research project is investigating whether telecommunication fibre-optic cables can be turned into sensors to detect natural disasters.
It is hoped cables could be used to detect earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as help determine the condition of infrastructure.
The three-and-a-half year project to develop laser interrogation and signal processing technologies is based at Aston University in Birmingham.
The project, Engineering Combined Sensing and Telecommunications Architectures for Tectonic and Infrastructure Characterisation (Ecstatic), is funded by the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (RIA).
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