Oppo e Xiaomi they are in a sense joining forces for predict earthquakes. This is what emerged from Chinese sources this morning. For years, Lei Jun's brand has been integrating an interesting function on MIUI for TV and smartphones that allows in the true sense of the word anticipate an earthquake and alert users in time. Apparently the other Chinese company is also doing the same and in fact it is investing in a "satellite" company. Let's see the details.
Oppo is investing in a company, together with Xiaomi, which promises to predict earthquakes in advance. All to save users
The early warning in case of earthquakes is a fundamental thing. Oppo e Xiaomi they know this and in fact have recently invested in an earthquake early warning platform company called Chengdu Meihuan Technology Co., Ltd. It is reported that Meihuan Technology is an earthquake early warning platform, focused on technological research of machinery for this purpose. The company was founded in 2008, the legal representative is Wang Tun, and the business scope includes (reads from the documents) anti-seismic services.
The earthquake early warning platform launched by Meihuan Technology is capable of monitor earthquake data in real time, detect the presence of seismic waves before the disaster arrives and issue early warnings to users. We learn that the system used will take into account the different speed of propagation of seismic waves. There are several: P-type and S-type. The former are smaller in size, faster and reach a speed roughly double that of the latter. In short, Oppo will equip its devices with a system to alert users in advance.
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Recall that the same system integrated into Xiaomi's MIUI meant that, a few days ago, several users had saved their lives. Indeed the smartphone has an earthquake of magnitude 10 is predicted 4.3 seconds in advance.
It should be noted that Oppo and Xiaomi are not working together. However, it is a joint investment in the same company.
