Will the LHC be Twitterized?

By admin on June 18th, 2008

Folks at the Large Hadron Collider on the Swiss-French border have always been at the cutting edge of communication technology, keeping the public informed via Web site, podcast, video clips, and a team of bloggers. But now, we regret to say, NASA has leap-frogged ahead: its Phoenix probe, which landed on the surface of Mars Sunday evening, is communing and answering questions from the public via Twitter, the free service that lets you keep track of people (and now spacecraft) via brief messages delivered to your cell phone or computer:

Looking forward to moving arm today. Will bend the wrist and flex the elbow. It’s been stowed for 10 months so I’ll move it slowly/gently. 09:24 AM May 28, 2008

Here’s how I moved the arm today. See 2nd video at http://tinyurl.com/4qzlyu Expect to stretch arm more tomorrow. And maybe dig next week. 09:32 PM May 28, 2008

My robotic arm camera got some great shots around my feet. Is that ice right there? http://tinyurl.com/4bf2hj Can’t wait for a closer look!

Yup, I can dig into frozen ground as hard as concrete. The scoop has special blades and a powered “rasp” to scrape ice. Cool!