Translations:Interactive earth-digital processing/2/en

The earth itself can be used as a computer. Through the use of high-powered electromechanical vibrators, signals of specific types can be impressed in the earth. By the use of directional detectors, signals can be picked up, and coded signals can then be fed back into the earth under the control of a digital computer on the surface, all in real time. Hence, the earth itself becomes a computing machine, which can affect the deconvolution process as the time series are recorded. Thus, we can use the earth itself to analyze the data from the earth. In this way, we can utilize seismic recording systems more efficiently; our equipment will not be idle a good part of the time as it is now, but will be used at great efficiency by incorporating the environment itself into our computing system.