minus-squareNighed@feddit.uktoTechnology@lemmy.world•New undersea cable tech listens for sabotage — can be retrofitted to existing fiber optic lineslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYou can hear to some level, the boats and actions in the vicinity of the cable. So it might provide evidence in case of a break. It also lets you know if the cable is moving round on the seabed etc, this is useful as it can cause wear. I seem to remember it being used to check the health of power cables too (they have fibre cables embedded within them) linkfedilink
You can hear to some level, the boats and actions in the vicinity of the cable. So it might provide evidence in case of a break.
It also lets you know if the cable is moving round on the seabed etc, this is useful as it can cause wear.
I seem to remember it being used to check the health of power cables too (they have fibre cables embedded within them)