Sensors & Measurement · Recorded milestone
Fibre-optic acoustic sensing
Recorded year2009
Laser pulses turn ordinary optical fibre into thousands of vibration sensors along wells, pipelines and city streets.
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Led to
- Enhanced geothermal powerRecorded · 2026enables
- Seafloor cables as quake sensorsForecast · ~2028enables
- Volcano eruption forecastingForecast · ~2030enables
- Short-term quake forecastingForecast · ~2038enables
- Real-time map of Earth's interiorForecast · ~2045enables
- Leak-free water networksForecast · ~2046enables
- Global fault stress mapForecast · ~2052enables
- City-wide structural sensingForecast · ~2063enables
- Tsunamis tamed at seaForecast · ~2091enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.