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That may be closer than your think (except for the moon bit, space is hard). See LOFAR: http://www.lofar.org/about-lofar/about-lofar http://www.lofar.org/about
by TimSAstro 13y ago
That may be closer than your think (except for the moon bit, space is hard). See LOFAR:
http://www.lofar.org/about-lofar/about-lofar http://www.lofar.org/about-lofar/about-lofar
"LOFAR is the first telescope of this new sort, using an array of simple omni-directional antennas instead of mechanical signal processing with a dish antenna. The electronic signals from the antennas are digitised, transported to a central digital processor, and combined in software to emulate a conventional antenna. "
- toomuchtodo 13y agoThere are quite a few sensor networks out there at the moment: PressureNet: Android barometer sensors ADS-B for flight data AIS for ship traffic CORS for precise GPS positioning data It would not be out of the realm of possibility to have ~$500 software defined radios across the world with network connections, all funneling back to a data processing facility.