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Australians will have the opportunity to send text-like messages to potential intelligent life beyond Earth thanks to an initiative launched today to mark National Science Week.
From 10.30 am today, until 5.00 pm Monday, 24 August, the public can visit www.HelloFromEarth.net to post goodwill messages that will be transmitted to the nearest Earth-like planet outside our Solar System likely to support life.
The planet – Gliese 581d – is eight times the size of Earth and some 20 light years away (194 trillion km). It was first discovered in April 2007. Due to its size, it is classified as a ‘Super Earth’.
Messages sent during the 2009 National Science Week will arrive in the planet’s vicinity by around December 2029. Messages can be no longer than 160 characters and will be transmitted from the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex at Tidbinbilla, with the close cooperation of NASA.
The spokesperson for HelloFromEarth.net and editor of the Australian science magazine COSMOS, Mr Wilson da Silva, said the project had excited global interest.
“We’ve secured incredible support from around the globe, including NASA – people are really excited about this,” Mr da Silva said.
“It’s like a ‘message in a bottle’ cast out into the stars. What’s interesting is not just whether there’s anyone listening, but what the public will say to intelligent life on another planet, given the opportunity.
“Hello From Earth is our way of showing that science can make the impossible possible. We have been to the Moon and now, we can speak to the stars.”
The Hello From Earth site is a National Science Week initiative of COSMOS and has been developed with the support of Questacon, CSIRO, NASA, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Post-Detection Committee of the International Academy of Astronautics.
National Science Week is Australia’s largest national festival. Now in its 12th year, the event celebrates the nation’s scientific achievements, creates awareness of the importance of science and encourages students to pursue a career in science.
The 2009 festival runs from 15-23 August and includes over 800 events Australia-wide.
“National Science Week is an opportunity for Australians of all ages to learn about the wonders of science in a fun and exciting way,” Senator Carr said.
“From schools, universities and research laboratories, to community libraries, town halls and local theatres, National Science Week celebrations will be accessible to everyone.”
National Science Week is proudly supported by the Australian Government and partners CSIRO, the Australian Science Teachers Association, the ABC and shac Communications.
More information about National Science Week events and initiatives is available at www.scienceweek.gov.au.
Media contacts: Patrick Pantano, Minister’s Office, 0417 181 936 Wilson da Silva, Hello From Earth, 0407 907 017
Links to images/ animations;
Artist’s impression of the planetary system Gliese 581 High resolution still image http://bit.ly/CjQXy
Illustration of Gliese 581 star system vs Earth’s solar system High resolution still image http://bit.ly/dawsN
Video animation of Gliese 581d, the target planet Standard Definition, High Definition 720p25, and ultra High Definition 720p50. http://bit.ly/14uDLG
Video animation of the star system Gliese 581, including the target planet Standard Definition, High Definition 720p25, and ultra High Definition 720p50. http://bit.ly/E7tjl
SMS can be used in any kind of appointment notification. Tasmanian courts are now using them to make sure that people turn up on the day . Here is an article from the Herald Sun:
A NEW test message program aims to remove all excuses for people not showing up to court appearances.
An SMS will be sent to alert people to pending court dates in Tasmania.
With “I misread the bail document” and “I lost the bail document” topping the list of excuses for missing a court appearance, Tasmanian Attorney-General Lara Giddings said it was hoped the SMS Bail Project would cut down the number of non appearances, The Hobart Mercury reports.
A survey of the Magistrate’s Court in Launceston showed 17 per cent of adjournments were the fault of the defendant not appearing or not being prepared.
Ms Giddings said it was a significant number with more than 60,000 matters heard in the state’s magistrate’s courts.
“The old adage that justice delayed is justice denied reinforces the need for people on bail to adhere to court orders to attend on the day set down,” Ms Giddings said.
“Any strategy to reduce the number of adjournments would obviously ease the burden on … staff and bring settlement to people before the courts.”
Police Minister Jim Cox said with 82 per cent of Australians aged 14 years and over using a mobile phone, the project would help tracking down those who skip bail dates.
The first SMS will be sent on Saturday for court appearances on Monday.
Click here to read more about the court date text reminders at The Hobart Mercury
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Sending SMS from Computer to Mobile Phone using Skype is easy.
You set up an account, charge it up with some credit and then select the option to send SMS from the tool bar.
See Skype for more detail. This costs 11.8 cents for SMS in Australia. It shows up on your recipients mobile as your Skype name, but they cant reply to this. So its better if you change your set up of your profile to send SMS messages using your mobile number. This only takes a minute to set up in your profile and then you are done. So now when the recipient replies you get the reply on your mobile.
Overseas SMS
You can use this to send cheap SMS messages to friends overseas too. This costs 13.3 cents to send to the UK, 15 cents to the USA. All the rates are on the website : SMS rates.
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Here is an example of using SMS messaging to quickly and efficiently send messages for absent students. (Ref: the West Coast Sentinal (South Australia) (9/04/2009).
In an effort to improve attendance, Ceduna Area School is turning to sophisticated Short Message Service (SMS) technology to improve communication with parents.
According to principal Jim Michalanney, overall school attendance was 78 per cent on any given day in 2008, which he hopes to improve by 2 to 3 per cent in each of the next three years.
Other uses for SMS with schools include
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Get your customers to sign up to receive promotions via SMS. They will be the first to know what is on sale.
Urban Outfitters (http://www.urbanoutfitters.com), which sells clothing, shoes and
furnishings, launched UO TXT via (https://www.shoptext.com/main/index.action) in June
to alert regular customers to pre-sales and new items.
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SMS stands for Short Message Service. Otherwise known as text messages.
It is a format for the delivery of 160 characters generally from mobile phone to mobile phone. The format was added to the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) standard in 1985. But it would be another good 10 years before it became popular.
There are now over 3,000,000,000 people in the world with mobile phones that are GSM and able to send SMS messages. China and India are rapidly growing in subscriber numbers. Forecast are for this to grow to 4 billions by 2011 .
Standard SMS Services
SMS comes standard with every mobile phone in Australia and round the globe and it is part of every service offered by telco companies.
SMS is not generally available on the old land line phones although there are now SMS capable land line phones with built in displays. Many of the Australian public phones now have SMS capability too.
SMS is generally considered low cost for the telco networks to supply. Because it is delivered in discrete packages it can be packed in around the general network traffic. Think of it as sand between the rocks in a dump truck. Networks make their bread and butter out of voice and SMS, however the Australian telcos aren’t shy in pricing SMS high enough to help their profits along.
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