« Sinister vs safe web | Main | Arthur Lee has leukemia » Optical search for extraterrestrial intelligenceThe Planetary society's funded the world's first optical SETI ("search for extraterrestrial intelligence") telescope at Harvard. [Link] Alien civilizations are thought by many to be at least as likely to use visible light signals for communicating as they are to use radio transmissions. Visible light can form tight beams, be incredibly intense, and its high frequencies allow it to carry enormous amounts of information. Using only Earth 2006 technology, a bright, tightly-focused light beam, such as a laser, can be ten thousand times as bright as its parent star for a brief instant. Such a beam could be easily observed from enormous distances.(Alas, I'm still searching for terrestrial intelligence....) jon posted this at 9:30 AM |
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this is one terrestrial saying happy birthday. jenna was looking through the sxsw book the other day (okay she was in the bathroom), and she's 8 right, and I hear her say, "Mama! There's Jon Lebkowsky!"
She remembers you. Thought I'd share that here, even though we are not generally perceived as Aliens.
Posted by: jeneane | April 20, 2006 9:05 AM
Heh... she's memorable, too! (And famous, via your blog!)
Posted by: Jon Lebkowsky | April 30, 2006 10:49 AM