SETI Message Project
You are to create a message, which hopefully, will be decoded by another member of your class. Here is a message from a prior student. Here is a page that you can print that has a blank grid on it. You should make a drawing of your message on this grid, and then encode the message with ones and zeroes.
Your group's message will be sent out to cyberspace where, hopefully, it will be intercepted and decoded. You will prepare a proposal to the rest of the group. But there are rules.
The message must have certain information in it. Specifically:
Message Requirements
- A description of your system of planets
- A description of your race's physical appearance
- A demonstration of your race's scientific knowledge
- Some basic Mathematics content
- A reference to biological concepts
There are also some rules for the creation of the message.
Message Rules
- No alphanumeric characters of any Earthly language are allowed.
- No more than 2000 discreet bits to the signal
- The message must be in a form that could be sent as a modulated radio signal.
Your proposal for the completed message must be present to the others in the group on Wednesday, May 25. It should be at least ten minutes in length and could include images and video.
At that time, you must also turn in a two page printed document that describes the proper interpretation of the message. This will be a guide to judge the correctness of a solution.
A short paper on your SETI project is due to be handed in by the starting time of you scheduled final exam.
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