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Force Field. No, Really

Posted by jamie on from the GeV dept.

tqft points out news of "a working force field, using plasma. Now to scale the sucker up." Here's the Brookhaven press release. I can think of so many uses for this.

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  1. Re:Strange Room Temperature by allanj · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Using entry-level physics and math, 15000K/50 yields 300K - roughly 27 Celcius. What's to hate about 27 degrees Celcius? Maybe the guy wrote it on his Athlon powered desktop PC?


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  2. Re:Strange Room Temperature by foxtrot · · Score: 1, Redundant

    >the plasma reaches a temperature of 15,000 degrees
    >Kelvin (about 50 times greater than room temperature)

    I'd hate to see the "Room Temperature" the guy who wrote that lives in.

    That'd be 300 degrees kelvin.

    That's 300 - 273.15 = 26.85 degrees centigrade.

    For those of you who can't do the conversion in your head, that's 80.33 degrees fahrenheit. Just means his roommates won't let him turn on the air conditioner 'cause of the power bill...
    -JDF