Comments on: High-resolution remote-sensing for structures and objects, using optical fibers http://www.kurzweilai.net/high-resolution-remote-sensing-for-structures-and-objects-using-optical-fibers Accelerating Intelligence Fri, 24 May 2013 20:59:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Guillermo http://www.kurzweilai.net/high-resolution-remote-sensing-for-structures-and-objects-using-optical-fibers/comment-page-1#comment-30216 Guillermo Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:44:39 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=161290#comment-30216 I haven't heard of that one, link? I haven’t heard of that one, link?

]]> By: Bri http://www.kurzweilai.net/high-resolution-remote-sensing-for-structures-and-objects-using-optical-fibers/comment-page-1#comment-30212 Bri Thu, 30 Aug 2012 17:19:07 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=161290#comment-30212 The leaky pie problem is a big one. We have it bad in America, and it's a big problem around the world. The pipes are cast iron and they had a limited life span when first installed. To replace it all would be very costly, so we wait till they break. There is a tech to line the interiors which is cost effective, but everybody is short on finance. For gas and oil companies the cost is to great not to do something. The have inspection robots that crawl through the pipes and test them more conventionally. The fiber optics has been in use for awhile now. It's used primarily in reinforced concrete. These are complex materials that we know little about as they age. For dams , power plants and skyscrapers, it also becomes a serious issue. We don't want them to fail catastrophically. That's where this tech is focused. To understand the deformations that occur as it ages. The leaky pie problem is a big one. We have it bad in America, and it’s a big problem around the world. The pipes are cast iron and they had a limited life span when first installed. To replace it all would be very costly, so we wait till they break. There is a tech to line the interiors which is cost effective, but everybody is short on finance. For gas and oil companies the cost is to great not to do something. The have inspection robots that crawl through the pipes and test them more conventionally. The fiber optics has been in use for awhile now. It’s used primarily in reinforced concrete. These are complex materials that we know little about as they age. For dams , power plants and skyscrapers, it also becomes a serious issue. We don’t want them to fail catastrophically. That’s where this tech is focused. To understand the deformations that occur as it ages.

]]> By: Editor http://www.kurzweilai.net/high-resolution-remote-sensing-for-structures-and-objects-using-optical-fibers/comment-page-1#comment-30177 Editor Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:45:27 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=161290#comment-30177 Yes, good idea for new infrastructure. Same for electrical, phone, and gas lines and other types of piping, and the centimeter-level precision would significantly reduce service costs and replace cruder time-domain reflectometers, etc. If the fibers could double as fiber optics for data, there would be a further economy of scale. Yes, good idea for new infrastructure. Same for electrical, phone, and gas lines and other types of piping, and the centimeter-level precision would significantly reduce service costs and replace cruder time-domain reflectometers, etc. If the fibers could double as fiber optics for data, there would be a further economy of scale.

]]> By: Ian Clarke http://www.kurzweilai.net/high-resolution-remote-sensing-for-structures-and-objects-using-optical-fibers/comment-page-1#comment-30174 Ian Clarke Thu, 30 Aug 2012 07:28:31 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=161290#comment-30174 Presumably, this technique could be used to prevent leaking water pipes. It's a big problem in the UK. 20% of our treated water is lost in leakage - that's enough water to serve the daily needs of approximately 22 million people! I envision a day when these new wonder materials will start being used to address these rather basic problems. Tarmac that won't crack and need replacing being another example. :-) Presumably, this technique could be used to prevent leaking water pipes. It’s a big problem in the UK. 20% of our treated water is lost in leakage – that’s enough water to serve the daily needs of approximately 22 million people!

I envision a day when these new wonder materials will start being used to address these rather basic problems.

Tarmac that won’t crack and need replacing being another example. :-)

]]> By: Vin http://www.kurzweilai.net/high-resolution-remote-sensing-for-structures-and-objects-using-optical-fibers/comment-page-1#comment-30090 Vin Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:03:59 +0000 http://www.kurzweilai.net/?p=161290#comment-30090 Reminds me of the recent 'nanoelectronic scaffold monitoring synthesized tissue' story :D Reminds me of the recent ‘nanoelectronic scaffold monitoring synthesized tissue’ story :D

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