Seismograms Blog
GEARS 2026 Registration Now Open
Registration is open for GEARS 2026, a hands-on instrumentation workshop for scientists in physics, geology, biology, meteorology, and engineering.
GEARS 2025
GEARS 2025 recap: five days of hands-on geophysics instrumentation training, from soldering and solar power to full sensor builds.
GEARS Workshop Goes Mobile: Bringing Hands-On Instrumentation to UTEP
See how our hands-on geophysics workshop brought field wiring, solar power systems, and oscilloscope training directly to UTEP students.
GEARS 2024
This year we hosted twelve students for the GEARS 2024 workshop at the end of August. While the general content of the workshop has remained similar for the last couple of years, we are always tweaking things to be different and better than in the prior years. This...
Building the Perfect Workbench: A Guide for Any Workshop
One of the most crucial aspects for any shop, lab, industrial maintenance area, or even a hobbyist's workspace is how you approach your work environment. This involves where you work, how you work, and how to make the process as easy and safe as possible. As Adam...
Our Geologist Squeeze Boxes Are Better Than Ever!
Everybody likes a desk toy - it is even better when it can be a learning tool as well! That's why a few years ago we released the original Geologist's Squeeze Box. This was our small-scale spin on the classic structural geology lab apparatus that was affordable for an...
FieldVolt Unveiled: The Future of Field Instrumentation Power
Everyone has been there - you're in the field setting out instruments to monitor an event with little time to plan or you're in the deep field where a hardware store run is not an option. You pull out the batteries, solar panels, and instruments and start to figure...
Why Standard Resistor Values are Strange
E-series values are a way to make resistor selection easy – understand them and get a free chart to help design your next circuit.
Announcing the Seismoencabulator – The Next Generation Seismometer
Following decades of development by Chrystler and Rockwell Automation, today I’m excited to share with you the latest adaptations of encabulator technology to the geophysical industry. For a number of years now, work has been proceeding in order to bring perfection to...
Taylor Swift is Making Waves in the Seismic World
Seismometers, designed to measure the Earth's surface velocity or acceleration, are primariloy utilized for traditional scientific goals like earthquake detection, nuclear test ban treaty monitoring, and attempting to map out our planet's interior. But, as any...
Join Us For GEARS 2024: Enroll Today!
We are thrilled to announce that registration for the 2024 GEARS (Generalist Electromechanics for Applied Researchers) Workshop, August 26 - 30, is now open! With three successful workshops behind us, we're eager to welcome a fresh group of students for a...
GEARS 2023
2023 brought about a lot of changes for our business. We moved facilities (and were therefore shutdown for some time) in the early part of the year, we welcomed another team member, and we added lots of new capabilities. All of this chaos meant that we ended up...












