Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Can the average person help search for life on other planets? Help create models for climate prediction? Or aid in finding a cure for mad cow disease? You can if you participate in volunteer computing. A Tech Tuesday look at how thousands of people are leasing out their computers spare power to solve the world’s problems.
Guests
- David Anderson Research scientist, Space Sciences Laboratory, and director of SETI@home, University of California, Berkeley
- Dan Wertheimer Chief scientist, SETI@home
- Bruce Allen Principal investigator, of Einstein@home; Professor of physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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