{"id":24807,"date":"2010-07-13T14:44:16","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/want-to-monitor-the-earth%e2%80%99s-magnetic-field-there%e2%80%99s-an-app-for-that-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-07-13T14:44:16","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T14:44:16","slug":"want-to-monitor-the-earth%e2%80%99s-magnetic-field-there%e2%80%99s-an-app-for-that-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/want-to-monitor-the-earth%e2%80%99s-magnetic-field-there%e2%80%99s-an-app-for-that-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"Want to Monitor the Earth\u2019s Magnetic Field? There\u2019s an App for That. | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"solaris\"<\/a>Sure, your GPS-enabled cellphone might tell you which way is north, but why settle for a mere compass when you can monitor the Earth’s entire magnetic field?<\/p>

According<\/a> to its developer, Tomasso, a Droid app called Solaris weaves together data from several satellites that monitor the Sun’s activity and its effects on our planet’s magnetic field.<\/p>

NASA satellite team STEREO<\/a> (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) provides information on “Earth-directed solar ejections.” NASA’s SDO<\/a> (Solar Dynamics Observatory) also gives stats on what the Sun is sending our way in the forms of solar wind and energetic particles. Finally, the NOAA’s polar orbiter satellites<\/a> provide information on the Earth’s weather.<\/p>

Combining this information, the app allegedly can show (almost) real-time changes in the Earth’s magnetic field from solar activity and even indicate when trapped, Sun-spewed subatomic particles are making a spectacular show<\/a>, in the form of the northern or southern lights.<\/p>

The app can also tell you when to look up since, as reported<\/a> by Gizmodo, the “Phone vibrates when geomagnetic storm level rises or aurora may be overhead at your location.”<\/p>

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Image: Solaris \/ Tomasso<\/a> via AndriodPIT<\/em><\/p>

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