{"id":12987,"date":"2016-08-03T19:26:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T23:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12987"},"modified":"2016-08-03T19:26:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T23:26:19","slug":"video-an-overview-of-the-seti-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12987","title":{"rendered":"Video: An overview of the SETI Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SETI Institute<\/a> has a clever new logo:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Sws2kCbkTyQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As indicated by the variety of Institute seminar videos that I post here, the Institute is involved in\u00a0an amazing variety of world class <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/seti-institute\/projects\" target=\"_blank\">research projects and outreach activities<\/a> ranging from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/node\/489\" target=\"_blank\">astrobiology<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/kepler\" target=\"_blank\">exoplanet research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The radio and web podcast program <a href=\"http:\/\/radio.seti.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Big Picture Science<\/a>\u00a0has become quite popular.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/node\/61\" target=\"_blank\">search for extraterrestrial intelligence<\/a> is still the primary activity.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO Bill Diamond gives an interesting overview of the Institute and its wide ranging programs and projects:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MzemHKjTsf4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>BTW, Diamond mentions that the Institute&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/ata\" target=\"_d\">Allen Telescope Array<\/a>\u00a0in northern California <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seti.org\/seti-institute\/project\/details\/visit-ata\" target=\"_blank\">welcomes visitors<\/a>. Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/setiquest.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">setiquest.info<\/a> to see webcam shots of the site:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/setiquest.info\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.setiquest.info\/cam1.jpg\" alt=\"ATA Webcam 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=hobbyspace&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=primegift&amp;banner=10BSGCHPCJG0HZN45H82&amp;f=ifr&amp;lc=pf4&amp;linkID=LAMTCOYAXGZKVLOL\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SETI Institute has a clever new logo: As indicated by the variety of Institute seminar videos that I post here, the Institute is involved in\u00a0an amazing variety of world class research projects and outreach activities ranging from astrobiology to exoplanet research. The radio and web podcast program Big Picture Science\u00a0has become quite popular. Of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12987\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: An overview of the SETI Institute<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,46,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-exoplanets","category-seti"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3nt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12841,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12841","url_meta":{"origin":12987,"position":0},"title":"Video: The SETI Institute and the search for life beyond earth","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"SETI Institute CEO Bill Diamond talks about the history, science, mission and future direction of the Institute in this video:\u00a0QUEST! 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