Australian carpet invites aliens

Australian experts tested carpets designed specifically for inviting aliens.

Australian experts designed special carpets to invite aliens to visit Earth, Space reported on September 26.

A carpet is located at the entrance to Adelaide Convention Center, south Australia, where the 68th International Space Travel Conference (IAC) takes place from September 25-29 and many others are spread around The residence of Flinders University nearby.

The letters sent to aliens used to contain a lot of information about the Earth. Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 gold plate, gold record on NASA's Voyager spacecraft, or radio message that the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico transmitted to a distant star cluster in 1974 to provide information about human form and many other things for aliens.

Rug with special design to invite aliens.(Photo: Fox News).

Perhaps these messages are too complicated to attract aliens, commented philosopher Jonathon Keats. Therefore, he and Alice Gorman, an archaeologist at Flinders University, aim to simplify the design of the aliens welcome mat."I think" Welcome "=: is the simplest message," Keats told Space.

Of course, they thought that aliens could hardly understand human language, so they did not harass a carpet with the words " Welcome". They designed their own carpet pattern with an amorphous red spot on the blue and purple background.

The black-rimmed carpet symbolizes the space. Red stains represent aliens. Keats hopes aliens will realize this based on the difference of the stain. Most organisms and objects on Earth have a definite geometric structure, and the red part is also quite prominent compared to the carpet.

The way the greeting mat is also quite abstract. There are 4 different versions based on the basic design, all conveying that the stain blends well with the surrounding, Keats said. For example, a version that shows color stains has space to grow and another version that draws lots of color stains, implying that all alien creatures are welcome.

Gorman students will vacuum the carpet daily during the IAC conference, then analyze the dust collected to see which version has the most dirtiness, synonymous with the highest solicitation, and how much of it comes from outer space. About 100 tons of alien matter rushes to Earth every day, but most are burned in the atmosphere.

The data collected will determine the future of the carpets. Keats hopes the rug will be used worldwide and more. He wanted it to appear before every home on Earth, even on the International Space Station (ISS).