Evil-Faced Robot Could Have Warned of Haiti Earthquake

The recent earthquake in Haiti has highlighted the need for an accurate earthquake detection system that, unlike Twitter, can predict shaking more than a few seconds in advance. Scientists have long been able to predict earthquakes on a grand scale--we know that there is a significant chance of a devastating earthquake in the Bay Area sometime in the next few decades--but what about in the crucial hours before the big one hits?

A group of students from the J T Engineering College in...