Hi Helen: Thanks for your interest in our work. I'm not sure if you've seen the chapter Scott and I wrote on Wikipedia Art for the CPOV book (free), but I believe a blog comment you once wrote about it is cited towards the end of the chapter.
Anyhow, the radio waves we're sending out are high enough frequency that they will travel well, but low enough to not be harmful - they'll be close to 2.4 GHz, the same we use for our WiFi routers in our houses. The amplitude will be much much higher, so I wouldn't stand in the dish or aim it at electronics or anything like that (interference issues), but once it breaks through our own atmosphere and travels further out of our own solar system (and we can be careful to point it line of sight not to hit anything for that far), it will be disperse enough not to cause any trouble, while still tight enough to be picked up as an intelligent pattern for many light years to go. The actual strength of our signal, and guaranteed distance we can say it will travel, will depend entirely on how much we manage to fundraise... nathaniel http://nathanielstern.com On May 12, 2012, at 6:13 AM, helen varley jamieson wrote: > i'm curious about the environmental impact of broadcasting into space > like this; what do all those radio waves do to whatever they bump up > against on their way to the aliens? > > On 11/05/12 4:57 PM, Nathaniel Stern wrote: >> Ha, aren't we all :) >> >> Here's the full audio of the interview: >> http://nathanielstern.com/2012/bbc-radio-4/ >> >> And, if you feel so inclined, we still have a long ways to go in our >> crowd-funding: >> http://rkthb.co/7291 >> >> nathaniel >> http://nathanielstern.com >> >> >> >> On May 11, 2012, at 2:15 AM, dave miller wrote: >> >>> well done nathaniel - this is a great project and an inspired idea! >>> Am looking forward to sending my complaining messages to those aliens, >>> there are so many things wrong here. I hope theyll come to save us, at >>> least to relieve us of our conservative government >>> dave >>> >>> On 11 May 2012 07:56, Nathaniel Stern<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Thanks Michael - I was soooo nervous (and tired, it's nearly 2AM here), >>>> but I think I did OK. Who doesn't want to send Tweets in Space? >>>> And yes, great list people, please do donate even the smallest bit if you >>>> can help! Warmly, >>>> >>>> nathaniel >>>> http://nathanielstern.com >>>> >>>> On May 11, 2012, at 1:34 AM, Michael Szpakowski wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> just had my genteel early morning listening to "TODAY" on Radio 4 >>>>> splendidly interrupted by an interview with Nathaniel by bemused Radio 4 >>>>> presenter... >>>>> Nice job Nathaniel! - life can be very odd sometimes... >>>>> This project has to happen now it's been on "TODAY" -send in your £10, or >>>>> whatever! >>>>> cheers >>>>> michael >>>>> >>>>> From: Nathaniel Stern<[email protected]> >>>>> To: Nathaniel Stern<[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 3:30 PM >>>>> Subject: [NetBehaviour] Helping send tweets into space! >>>>> >>>>> Hello everyone: >>>>> >>>>> It's been a great week for Scott and me. If you haven't heard, our >>>>> upcoming project "Tweets in Space" has exploded online, with features on >>>>> sites like Scientific American, the NY Daily News, Chip Chick, and of >>>>> course the Journal Sentinel (who broke the story), among many, many >>>>> others. And the Twitterverse is all, well, atwitter with #tweetsinspace >>>>> already, setting up the hype for what is to come in September.. >>>>> >>>>> Sadly, however, very little of this excitement has translated into the >>>>> fundraising we need to make the project happen at ISEA (the International >>>>> Symposium on Electronic Art), where we plan to project and beam Twitter >>>>> messages towards GJ667Cc, a Super-Earth 22 light years away. We're barely >>>>> above 20% of our goal with almost half our time gone. I'm wondering if >>>>> you'd consider donating even at the smallest level - $10 - and/or perhaps >>>>> encouraging a few of your friends, the social media junky ones (you know >>>>> who I mean) to do so? We'd be well over our goal already if everyone who >>>>> seemed interested in the project did as such. If you have any suggestions >>>>> for us - whether about the project, our fundraising, or anything else - >>>>> we're all ears! >>>>> >>>>> Here's the link (oh, and watch the video! It's v. funny). >>>>> http://rkthb.co/7291 >>>>> >>>>> Thank you so much in advance. Best, >>>>> >>>>> nathaniel >>>>> http://nathanielstern.com >>>>> > > -- > ____________________________________________________________ > > helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst > [email protected] > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.make-shift.net > http://www.upstage.org.nz > ____________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
