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Taylor Swift Seismology

BBC Inside Science

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Measuring Seismic Activity at Concerts with Raspberry Pi Shakes

The chapter explores using Raspberry Pi Shakes to capture and analyze ground vibrations during concerts, specifically focusing on a Taylor Swift concert in Edinburgh. It discusses how crowd movements during performances like 'Cruel Summer' generate ground motion that can be converted into voltage and measured as a seismograph. The importance of monitoring seismic activity from human actions like concerts for educational purposes and data analysis is emphasized.

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