Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/30/Dan_Werthimer_Presents_SETIhome
Dan Werthimer describes the role of the SETI@home project in the search for extraterrestrials. He explains how data from the world's largest telescope is being analyzed by millions of networked computers around the world. The SETI@home software has created "the biggest supercomputer on the planet."
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Are We Alone? Chief SETI@home scientist Dan Werthimer discusses the possibility of life in the universe, and how to set-up your computer to possibly detect the first signal from a civilization beyond Earth.
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Dan Werthimer is chief scientist of SETI@home and of several radio and optical SETI programs at the University of California, Berkeley.
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