What’s your computer doing right now?

Well, ok… I know what it’s doing right now. It’s reading TMV. But there may be a fair amount of time when your computer is sitting around unproductively contributing nothing to society. Perhaps you would like to get that lazy processor off of its butt and help in the search for ET!

SETI@home is a scientific experiment that uses Internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). You can participate by running a free program that downloads and analyzes radio telescope data.

With budget cuts threatening the Arecibo telescope and the Very Large Array, the program is in more need of support than ever. You can let your own internet connected computer handle the overload of SETI calculations and contribute. And just think if your machine was the one to find ET. Phone home!