No, SETI is definitely not an original project of futureSPACE. SETI is a project initiated far in the past, when first the idea came up to listen to the stars for intelligent signals.

As most of us look TV, use cell phones, make transoceanic calls and hear radio - everyone is already involved in sending signals from Earth to outer space. Now, the idea of SETI is to listen whether there is any civilization at a distant star sending some signals like we do - or even radio messages directly directed to alien listeners.

Today there are different (linked) SETI projects. One of them is SETI@home ('SETI at home'). In this project everyone with a computer linked to the internet can take part in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Because the amount of data recieved by the telescopes (for SETI@home the data comes from the Arecibo radio telescope shown above) is so vast, it takes an outstanding amount of computing power to process this data and only do a simple search over it. The more people take part in this search, the more complex the search can be and the more likeley it is to find a signal. And maybe it will be found on your computer - so take part: