The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence has been in existence for about 50 years, and has found practically nothing of interest. Given the huge number of about 200 billion stars in our galaxy, why have we not seen any verified evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence? As Enrico Fermi famously asked in the 1940s, "Where is everybody?"

In the vast time and space expanse of our galaxy, stars, their planetary systems and any potential for intelligent life come and go like fireflies on a warm summer’s night. SETI synchronicity Problem is an accurate interactive visual simulation of the synchronicity problem that exists when intelligent civilizations try to detect one another. This application will stretch your mind to the incredible reality of our galaxy and will give you a new perspective of the immensity of the cosmos.

App created by Roger Guay for SETI Institute

SETIsyncProb Website: http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19136237/SETI_Problem/Introduction.html

email - PhunPhysics@icloud.com

Operation:

• Set the maximum range that radio waves can be detected above background radiation from 5,000 to 50,000 light years
• Set the lifespan of the radio age of intelligent civilizations from 200 to 2000 years or select a random lifespan between 200 to 2000 years, for each transmit and receive times
• Select the number N of radio worlds created when taking a snapshot
• Generate a snapshot of N radio worlds randomly distributed in time and space


Requirements:

iPad with iOS 5 or later


Misc:

This app provides access to a Mac version at no additional cost.