"Today, in the remote northeast corner of California, technology innovator
and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will hit the big red button.
The famous technologist will be inaugurating the initial 42 antennas of his
namesake, the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) – the first major radio telescope
designed from the pedestal up to efficiently chew its way through long
lists of stars in a search for alien signals. Within two decades, it will
increase the number of stellar systems examined for artificial emissions by
a thousand-fold. The ATA will shift SETI into third gear..."