by Jovie Cabais | Oct 17, 2010 | Tech Updates
Friday, October 14th, 33 miners trapped 2,300 feet underground were brought back to the surface successfully and with less trouble and delay than expected. Once again, excellent technology plus a lot of faith and hard work has saved the day. The trapped miners have finally been rescued and are now enjoying a lot of attention from the world because of having survived their 69-day ordeal. They are not just miners now, but heroes. Aside from a really big miracle, the trapped miners survived everything with the help of modern technology. Families that made makeshift homes around the site were able to constantly communicate with their trapped loved one via phone or an iPod. Food, medicine, water and other needs for hygiene were coursed through “Paloma” a tube sent to them and available for their needs 24 hours a day. According to some doctors, it was important to help the miners think of things other than their present condition, so they were pretty much allowed to do a lot of stuff. The miners gambled, which made them think they were just whiling away the afternoon at some dark corner of the casino, they exercised with a trainor to keep them fit, they listened to music through the iPod, and, they even watched a soccer game via fiber optics. Fiber optics were used due to the distance of the place were the miners were trapped. A normal wire can only be used for distances of up to 300 ft. Fiber optics on the other hand, deliver quality signals even for up to 10 kilometers or more, depending on their kind. Auza.net...
