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Roar of cicadas was so loud, it was picked up by fiber-optic cables

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  1. updawg
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    Depending on how you look at it, this made it either more or less impressive: If it can detect walking, I'm not surprised that it can detect one of the ear-shattering cicada broods, but at the...

    Depending on how you look at it, this made it either more or less impressive:

    A buried system is so sensitive, in fact, that it can detect people walking and driving above.

    If it can detect walking, I'm not surprised that it can detect one of the ear-shattering cicada broods, but at the same time, that means that it's more impressive that it can detect the pedestrians.

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