$ 200 k means means SETI can listen for aliens again

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Nestled in the 290 miles northeast of San Francisco, Allen Telescope array does not hold because budget cuts forced the SETI Institute off site in April of last year. Rather than continue the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, 42 radio telescopes array now dot the landscape of how strange the ruins of the lost civilization.

It was, at least until the SETI Institute announced that due to their recent fund-raising efforts, ATA will get new life next month.

Thanks to the initiative of the Institute of SETIStars, with names like Jodie Foster and Apollo astronaut Bill Anders was raised $ 200000 popping up in the list of donors. An unspecified amount of money will also be presented in United States AIR FORCE, a few months worth of E.T. search must deal to go through.

This promising restart SETI, but there is no guarantee that the array will continue to work. The object is worth an average of $ 1.5 million to operate each year, with most of its funding from Government sources. The Institute had already shown that he has few friends with deep pockets, but the future seems shaky passing array of 2011.

Fan as I am of all things relating to outer space (and how someone saw contacts in more than 12 times), I hope that they manage to stick to the stars for their collective ears as long as they can. Search for extraterrestrial life may seem baseless to some, but guess what day it would be if these radio telescopes has something worth listening to. Unfortunately the financial reality of the situation means that drug addicts could be allocated space to take what we can get.

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123D iPad App makes sculpt sculpture cool again

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I can't decide whether Michelangelo, rest in his grave or jump for joy if he saw this app. Then again, Michelangelo will probably faint from seeing the light bulb, so who knows how he will react to a Tablet applications. In any case, simulate the 123D iPad app from Autodesk looks great way to get your hands dirty with art form that most of us do not have experience with: sculpture.

You can start with the base form, like a car or person and then use various tools to "sculpt" figure that you would like to see it. The application has stamps that you can modify and add to the sculpture. If there is something you can't find in model 123D library, Autodesk has that covered too. Application allows you to take a picture with your iPad, and then set the elements in the images on the sculpture. Therefore, in theory, perhaps you can create a very life-like sculptures to friends, or yourself (if you're in the mood narcissistic).

Let's say even if you have photos and scanned through the library a billion times, you still can't find what you need for this essential sculpture project. Now Autodesk has five additional packages of the shapes that can be purchased within the app. After the completion of your project, you can share a screenshot masterpiece through Facebook, Flickr, YouTube or email. «youtube? "-you ask. "Why I would download a still image on YouTube?" well, because sculpt 123D lets you create video turntables of the final product.

The application is available today for only iPad and is free for a limited time in the Apple app Store. Whenever a "limited time" comes to an end, the application will cost $. 99. Jump past the break to check simulate 123D demo video.

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