Green Bank West Virginia is a tiny community in the rugged US Appalachian Mountains of the USA The town resembles dozens of other small towns in the area mdash with one major exception None of the residents have access to the internet This total disconnect isn rsquo t a technology boycott or a desire to get back to a simpler lifestyle The absence of Wi-Fi access or cellular phone towers is because of the Green Bank Observatory whose telescope is constantly trained on the sky To prevent interference with the leading-edge technology of the observatory local officials do not allow [... more]

Imagine life without mobile phones Wi-Fi GPS Bluetooth devices or microwave ovens That rsquo s the way it is in the little town of Green Bank West Virginia known as ldquo the quietest town in America rdquo It rsquo s also the location of the Green Bank Observatory the world rsquo s largest steerable radio telescope The telescope needs ldquo quiet rdquo to ldquo listen rdquo to naturally occurring radio waves emitted by the movement of pulsars and galaxies in deep space It has a surface area larger than a football field and stands in the center of the National [... more]