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July 29, 2008 QCN Testers Detect Quake in Los Angeles
There was a magnitude 5.4 earthquake east of Los Angeles, detected by about 15 machines running QCN. Click here for more details. Most machines reported back to the servers with 2-4 seconds of the initial detection trigger. These results (in addition to the previous quake in Reno a few months ago) show great promise for the QCN software! So thanks and keep running QCN! (Link to July 29th Event).
July 11, 2008 New Version of Software Available (version 2.81)
New versions (2.81) have been put up for all platforms supported by QCN (Mac Intel, Mac PPC, Windows). This version fixes some bugs and adds some enhancements to the SAC data produced by the software. It also adds support for the codemercs.com JoyWarrior 24F8 External USB accelerometer on Mac and Windows. To get the new software, just click 'Reset Project' of the 'Project Tab' on the 'Advanced' menu on BOINC. (Link to http://www.codemercs.com/index.php?id=42&L=1)
May 30, 2008 QCN BOINC Software for Windows, Lenovo Laptops
An alpha version of the QCN software for Windows has been created which will work on Lenovo Thinkpad laptops. If you have a Thinkpad please try it out and post any comments in the 'Windows' newsgroup. Thanks! Also thanks to Ben Suter, Stanford alum, for helping 'crack the code' for the Thinkpads on QCN!
May 14, 2008 QCN Records Reno Nevada Earthquake of April 26, 2008
We are happy to report that two QCN alpha test participants who live in and near Reno Nevada detected vibrations from the recent Magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Reno using QCN software. We're very excited and are currently preparing a paper to show these preliminary results, i.e. that the QCN software seems to detect real seismic events and report to our servers within seconds. Hopefully this is the start of a real system that can be used for advanced warning someday! We're also happy to report that both participants and their laptops are fine!