SETI Institute Teams with Zooniverse to Launch SETILive.org to Empower Citizen Scientists

By Ben on March 1, 2012 at 6:16 pm | In Blog Posts | No Comments

Tell your PC to step aside, and let a REAL HUMAN do it.
You too can now look for E.T.

–Ben

SETI Institute Teams with Zooniverse to Launch SETILive.org to Empower Citizen Scientists

The SETI Institute, TED and Zooniverse Launch SETI LIVE to Empower Citizen Scientists to Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

SCIENCE Channel Supports Initiative with Month-long Programming on Search for Extraterrestrial Life

As part of the TED Prize Wish made by renowned astronomer Jill Tarter, the TED Prize today launches SETI Live (setilive.org): a site where – for the first time – the public can view data being collected by radio telescopes and collectively help search for intelligent life on other planets.

TED, the nonprofit dedicated to Ideas Worth Spreading, established the TED Prize in 2005, born out of a vision by the world’s leading entrepreneurs, innovators, and entertainers to turn ideas into action one Wish at a time. SETI Live was created in collaboration with Zooniverseteam at Chicago’s Adler Planetarium and is the latest development of Dr. Tarter’s 2009 TED Prize wish, “to empower Earthlings everywhere to become active participants in the ultimate search for cosmic company.”

The launch of SETI Live opens the door for anyone to help search for intelligent life on other planets. For the first time ever, data being received by the Allen Telescope Array in Hat Creek, CA will be made public so citizen scientists can scan it for potential signals…

…“There are frequencies that our automated signal detection systems now ignore, because there are too many signals there.  Most are created by Earth’s communication and entertainment technologies, but buried within this noise, there may be a signal from a distant technology,” said Dr. Tarter.  “I’m hoping that an army of volunteers can help us deal with these crowded frequency bands that confuse our machines. By doing this in real-time, we will have an opportunity to follow up immediately on what our volunteers discover.”…

http://www.seti.org/node/967