Tomsk device to measure oscillations ?with nanometer accuracy?

Scientists at Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics in Siberia are developing an instrument to measure oscillations with nanometer accuracy

Scientists at Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics (TUSUR) in Siberia are developing an instrument to measure oscillations with nanometer accuracy, portal Nanonewsnet.ru reported. Such measurements are believed to help prevent the destruction of buildings and bridges, and may also be used in manufacturing micro- and nanoelectronics. The focal hardware component of the Siberian project is an innovative adaptive holographic interferometer that TUSUR claims will make it possible to measure ultra-small oscillations on a real-time basis. ?Oscillations are present everywhere and occur all the time. There are perceptible oscillations, though, and those unfelt by people. The latter pose a real threat, too. For example, when oscillations in the foundation of an old building or in a bridge?s bearing structure become too intense, the building or the bridge might collapse. If we measure oscillations of those objects, especially bridges with a lot of traffic, tragedies can be prevented,? thinks Oleg Vazhinsky, one of the project developers. According to Mr. Vazhinsky, the TUSUR scientists are trying to make the instrument as small as possible, approximately the size of a computer mouse, and also exceptionally user-friendly with nothing more complex than just connecting the device to an object to be measured...