besides the standard applications most can think of for this technology, i'm guessing it will be used heavily by those in academic electronic/art music circles, as well as mixed media artists.
currently, going to an academic tape music concert involves sitting in a room listening to sixteen channel pieces on sixteen channel sound systems (prett cool in itself). i can only imagine some of the stuff composers will come up with when they have 16 targeted audio beams at their disposal.
I think the Martians just got too enamoured with their SUVs and jetskis (on their former canals and lakes). The pollution caused massive global warming. The water and atmosphere evaporated into space, thus removing the planet's 'blanket.' Then everything froze. Now they're living underground driving battery powered golf carts...
I think its far more likely that the bacterium died and became fossilized deep within the Martian rock long before the meteor hit sent it into space. I doubt any scientist out there thinks the bacteria were alive and survived the space trip to earth, only to die on impact in an ice sheet.
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currently, going to an academic tape music concert involves sitting in a room listening to sixteen channel pieces on sixteen channel sound systems (prett cool in itself). i can only imagine some of the stuff composers will come up with when they have 16 targeted audio beams at their disposal.
I think the Martians just got too enamoured with their SUVs and jetskis (on their former canals and lakes). The pollution caused massive global warming. The water and atmosphere evaporated into space, thus removing the planet's 'blanket.' Then everything froze. Now they're living underground driving battery powered golf carts...
I think its far more likely that the bacterium died and became fossilized deep within the Martian rock long before the meteor hit sent it into space. I doubt any scientist out there thinks the bacteria were alive and survived the space trip to earth, only to die on impact in an ice sheet.