Benefits of Mac meeting Intel

Researchers with the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation Cyberinfrastructure Center (NEESit) wrote open-source software that turns an Intel-based Apple laptop into a real-time seismograph. NEESit's iSeismograph software combines Apple's technology used to protect the hard drives in laptops from damage due to falls (tri-axis accelerometer, sudden-motion sensor) and the iSight video camera used in Intel-based Mac laptops for videoconferencing.