Good point... What I really meant to say is TeV's of energy into the particle... This of course will take quite a bit of energy in the accelerating magnets. Also, the particle will be going at 99.9999% ths speed of light:)
Americas Army has been around a while now training soldiers of all ages in basic combat. Puts you through basic training and keeps a database on your skills. It is run by the U.S. Army and when you join, they look up your skills in the database to help direct your training. It's a totally free game developed by the Army for your training pleasure.
It scares me somewhat the the U.S. Army is spending $$$ to train 12 yr old kids how to navigate battlefields.
If you really wanted a good sim, why not just use Paintball? It's probually as close as you can get without killing each other.
You probually do have a particle accelerator lying around. Your CRT accelerates electrons onto the screen. If you consider X-rays and microwaves as particles, you probually heat your food with one. Your TV produces X-rays. If you have an old smoke detector, you can probually make a quick and dirty Alpha-gun. (Americium decays ejecting alpha particles).
Although, if you want a High-Power accelerator, that's a different matter and it would be very interesting to do it. Hmm... Use your own power generator? I doubt the power company will be able to supply you TeV's through your power outlet, but then you would need your own Nuclear reactor to do that.
If you can make even a GeV accelerator, that would be impressive. If anyone's heard of such a back-yard project, let me know.
"an astrobiologist and a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve"
Umm, do you see the relationship? What kind of education do you need to be a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve? For that matter, what is the education to be an astrobiologist? If you ask me, This guy found a good way to make a few extra bucks from NASA. Wouldn't be surprised if he has a buddy somewhere in NASA who somehow got him this job.
Now, all you need to do is to get root access and never pay for parking again! I bet there would be a good buck in making a keychain which wirelessly adds time to your parking meter.
$65 Million? Are you telling me that's the amount of profit lost? Or that's the amount it cost to run the case through the courts..
I bet all the lawyers involved are smiling, You do know they aren't that stupid. The case could have been settled 5 years ago, but then how could lawyers make any money?
Umm... that's not a theory, that's just some movie rubbish.
"COPYRIGHT 2002 OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES" gives it away. The last time I checked, Paramount wasn't investing very much $$ into physics research.
Also, even if the mass is reduced, it does not mean you can go faster than light. The speed restriction comes from the axiom that the speed of light is constant in all frames of reference. Thus, exceeding that speed will lead to time/space/and energy asymptotes. For example, as you approach the speed of light, your apparant mass in any other frame will be infinate which is a singularity and cannot be.
A warp field (doesn't exist) would theoretically reduce your mass and make you easier to push. Even so, you probually know that infinity * 0.000000001% = infinity, so there is no work around for going faster than light this way.
The only alternative proposed is worm-holes which have yet to be found.
To my knowledge a warp bubble doesn't exist (although some Trekkies may argue to the contrary).
I frankly don't believe that such a thing exists, my post was actually intended as a guess for all you other/.ers to whether or not I AM serious.
I guess you know now that I don't really think that's possible.
You can't deny, however, that the thought is interesing in a "what if" sense (hence the mod??) But that's more philosophical than actually scientific.
I still find it interesting that Star Trek is such a forge for technology. When it first came out, automatic doors "star trek style" were not in every supermarket yet, now we have tablet PC's and PDA's like the Star Trek handhelds. We have Quantum Teleportation (not quite the same as in Star trek, but I wonder if the discovery was saught after someone watched a few too many episodes). Companies are researching holographics (Holodeck?)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate gory=790&item=3809463303&rd=1&ssPageName=W DVW
You can buy one on eBay, it's a replica but it's going for a good buck.
Just because something is proven doesn't mean it should not be continually tested. This is the basis for the scientific method. Even if something has been proven a million times, it only takes one proof to the contrary to discredit the rest.
All my point here is that if they do find something that is contrary to recent findings/predictions, then there is something missing from the big picture and hopefully, we can find something new and useful instead of leaving it at the status quo.
I may be a bit optimistic here, you do have a point about spending all this money for something that really isn't that important right now (Why not spend the money on replacing the friggin Space Shuttle?). Either way, I am not totally against such an experiment.
Frankly, I hope they find that einstein was wrong and that there is a way to easily "bend" what we observe in the curvature of space time.
Imagine a warp bubble rendering the contents essentially massless, thus the input energy for kinetic motion is miniscule enabling fantastic speeds.
However if they are right, that might mean that general relativity rules and we are forced to live by it's law (It's still a theory, will this make it a law?). How unfortunate.
It appears you are not as afraid of brain damage as I am, My point is on a permanent basis. Drinking is temporary and yes, when you get old, you are not the same person.
If you've ever visited an old folks home, you should know this.
I hope I never end up like that. I'd rather just die.
I heard this in one of my classes about China. China is now undergoing an automobile revolution. More and more people are switching from bicycles to automobiles.
I was told that if the Chinese wanted the same ratio of cars to people as the United States, there is not enough raw Steel capable of doing that. That scares me into thinking, how much resources do we really have left? If we make "disposable" cars, wouldn't that cause an increased rate of mineral loss, even WITH recycling?
Frankly, I don't think disposable cars are possible.
This is very cool in a sense. I'd love to play around poking things in my brain to see what happens, but what if you break something. Your brain is not a hard drive which you can just reformat and start fresh. You are a sum of your life experiences and that makes you unique. Even the tiny characteristics in your brain makes you unique.
If you get brain damage, the fact is, you are not the same person you were before. Think about frontal lobotomies. You may not know the difference and chances are no one else might notice, but the person you are now will cease to exist if you get braindamage.
Braindamage scares the bejezus out of me, but I'm not about to wear a helmet 24/7. Point is, If they stick something in your brain, there must be SOME damage, if not minimal. This will change who you are. I know my aunt had brain surgery to remove a tumer and she acts VERY differently now.
If you are going to get an implant for no reason at all, consider the risk. For people in which it can mean a better life, great idea.
Yes, that rings a bell. beetle design. If you want more info on the mag lev, contact me by email and I'll reply with a link to a simple technical document on what I've been playing with. steven.horn at stevenhorn.kicks-ass.net
As far as I know, my design and work is somewhat original in the sense that I haven't heard of anyone doing this for Vibration Iso. I don't want to say too much about it as there is some potential in the technology I don't want leaked out.
If I can lift more mass, then there are applications for such good isolation in gravity wave detectors. Of course, I don't see that happening soon either.
Hehe... I just noticed I said something stupid in my last post.. I meant to say I don't know the name of our microscope design. Of course I know the design itself!
That's right. I'm not sure what our microscope design is. It's a tripid with a rotating stage for coarse approach with the usual scanning piezo. All the mechanical motion is achieved with piezos. The advantage for maglev is the insanely low resonance we can achieve. Our calculations predict that resonances of 0.1, even 0.01 Hz are attainable with alot of effort. I don't expect to see this working tomorrow but it is a goal nonetheless. If we do get it to work, then the Transmisibility of vibrations to the STM will be so low that even measuring it will be a challenge.:)
I can't remember where I heard this: NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that could write in space. The Russian solution was to use a pencil.
That's a savings of about 100000000% hmm... if they can pull of those ratios, they just might be able to do it.
Yeah.. we use a minus-k biscuit... can't remember the model. It's damn good. One of the things I want to do is measure resonance spectra of Organic (Benzene-Based) molecules adsorbed on silicon. This is quite hard even with basic atomic resolution. It's quite cool if you can point your STM tip on a molecule and say ohhh yeah, that's a methyl group there causing this resonance.
You're probually thinking: But don't they do this in NMR? well yes, they do on a macroscopic scale, but not to individual molecules. It's a verification in a sense, but then I want to play around with these organic molecules like you can't do in an NMR.
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I agree, What about rubber bullets and good armor? hehe... If you thought paintballs could leave a welt..
Good point... What I really meant to say is TeV's of energy into the particle... This of course will take quite a bit of energy in the accelerating magnets. Also, the particle will be going at 99.9999% ths speed of light :)
Americas Army has been around a while now training soldiers of all ages in basic combat. Puts you through basic training and keeps a database on your skills. It is run by the U.S. Army and when you join, they look up your skills in the database to help direct your training. It's a totally free game developed by the Army for your training pleasure.
It scares me somewhat the the U.S. Army is spending $$$ to train 12 yr old kids how to navigate battlefields.
If you really wanted a good sim, why not just use Paintball? It's probually as close as you can get without killing each other.
You probually do have a particle accelerator lying around. Your CRT accelerates electrons onto the screen. If you consider X-rays and microwaves as particles, you probually heat your food with one. Your TV produces X-rays. If you have an old smoke detector, you can probually make a quick and dirty Alpha-gun. (Americium decays ejecting alpha particles).
Although, if you want a High-Power accelerator, that's a different matter and it would be very interesting to do it. Hmm... Use your own power generator? I doubt the power company will be able to supply you TeV's through your power outlet, but then you would need your own Nuclear reactor to do that.
If you can make even a GeV accelerator, that would be impressive. If anyone's heard of such a back-yard project, let me know.
"an astrobiologist and a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve"
Umm, do you see the relationship? What kind of education do you need to be a commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve? For that matter, what is the education to be an astrobiologist? If you ask me, This guy found a good way to make a few extra bucks from NASA. Wouldn't be surprised if he has a buddy somewhere in NASA who somehow got him this job.
I am not impressed.
I find that hard to believe... what is your source?
I live in Southern Alberta where we have plenty of wind (A good day here you would consider a tropical storm in Florida).
Anyways,
A local Farmer Put up a wind generator and took himself right off the grid. For this, he was sued by the power company!
If they would pay me to produce power, I'd strap a turbine onto my roof!
Now, all you need to do is to get root access and never pay for parking again! I bet there would be a good buck in making a keychain which wirelessly adds time to your parking meter.
Just let your browser sit on it a bit longer, It sat blank for a while, IE said done loading, and then it suddenly appeared....
$65 Million? Are you telling me that's the amount of profit lost? Or that's the amount it cost to run the case through the courts..
I bet all the lawyers involved are smiling, You do know they aren't that stupid. The case could have been settled 5 years ago, but then how could lawyers make any money?
Good to see the U.S. Justice system at work.
Wow, that's unreal. Same time too. I bet there are some paranormal experts who want to investigate this.
I sure know I want to read about the results...
Umm... that's not a theory, that's just some movie rubbish.
"COPYRIGHT 2002 OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES" gives it away. The last time I checked, Paramount wasn't investing very much $$ into physics research.
Also, even if the mass is reduced, it does not mean you can go faster than light. The speed restriction comes from the axiom that the speed of light is constant in all frames of reference. Thus, exceeding that speed will lead to time/space/and energy asymptotes. For example, as you approach the speed of light, your apparant mass in any other frame will be infinate which is a singularity and cannot be.
A warp field (doesn't exist) would theoretically reduce your mass and make you easier to push. Even so, you probually know that infinity * 0.000000001% = infinity, so there is no work around for going faster than light this way.
The only alternative proposed is worm-holes which have yet to be found.
To my knowledge a warp bubble doesn't exist (although some Trekkies may argue to the contrary).
/.ers to whether or not I AM serious.
I frankly don't believe that such a thing exists, my post was actually intended as a guess for all you other
I guess you know now that I don't really think that's possible.
You can't deny, however, that the thought is interesing in a "what if" sense (hence the mod??) But that's more philosophical than actually scientific.
I still find it interesting that Star Trek is such a forge for technology. When it first came out, automatic doors "star trek style" were not in every supermarket yet, now we have tablet PC's and PDA's like the Star Trek handhelds. We have Quantum Teleportation (not quite the same as in Star trek, but I wonder if the discovery was saught after someone watched a few too many episodes). Companies are researching holographics (Holodeck?)
Who knows what's next.. Warp drive?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&cate gory=790&item=3809463303&rd=1&ssPageName=W DVW
You can buy one on eBay, it's a replica but it's going for a good buck.
Just because something is proven doesn't mean it should not be continually tested. This is the basis for the scientific method. Even if something has been proven a million times, it only takes one proof to the contrary to discredit the rest.
All my point here is that if they do find something that is contrary to recent findings/predictions, then there is something missing from the big picture and hopefully, we can find something new and useful instead of leaving it at the status quo.
I may be a bit optimistic here, you do have a point about spending all this money for something that really isn't that important right now (Why not spend the money on replacing the friggin Space Shuttle?). Either way, I am not totally against such an experiment.
Frankly, I hope they find that einstein was wrong and that there is a way to easily "bend" what we observe in the curvature of space time.
Imagine a warp bubble rendering the contents essentially massless, thus the input energy for kinetic motion is miniscule enabling fantastic speeds.
However if they are right, that might mean that general relativity rules and we are forced to live by it's law (It's still a theory, will this make it a law?). How unfortunate.
It appears you are not as afraid of brain damage as I am, My point is on a permanent basis. Drinking is temporary and yes, when you get old, you are not the same person.
If you've ever visited an old folks home, you should know this.
I hope I never end up like that. I'd rather just die.
BullShyht
I heard this in one of my classes about China. China is now undergoing an automobile revolution. More and more people are switching from bicycles to automobiles.
I was told that if the Chinese wanted the same ratio of cars to people as the United States, there is not enough raw Steel capable of doing that. That scares me into thinking, how much resources do we really have left? If we make "disposable" cars, wouldn't that cause an increased rate of mineral loss, even WITH recycling?
Frankly, I don't think disposable cars are possible.
This is very cool in a sense. I'd love to play around poking things in my brain to see what happens, but what if you break something. Your brain is not a hard drive which you can just reformat and start fresh. You are a sum of your life experiences and that makes you unique. Even the tiny characteristics in your brain makes you unique.
If you get brain damage, the fact is, you are not the same person you were before. Think about frontal lobotomies. You may not know the difference and chances are no one else might notice, but the person you are now will cease to exist if you get braindamage.
Braindamage scares the bejezus out of me, but I'm not about to wear a helmet 24/7. Point is, If they stick something in your brain, there must be SOME damage, if not minimal. This will change who you are. I know my aunt had brain surgery to remove a tumer and she acts VERY differently now.
If you are going to get an implant for no reason at all, consider the risk. For people in which it can mean a better life, great idea.
Yes, that rings a bell. beetle design. If you want more info on the mag lev, contact me by email and I'll reply with a link to a simple technical document on what I've been playing with. steven.horn at stevenhorn.kicks-ass.net As far as I know, my design and work is somewhat original in the sense that I haven't heard of anyone doing this for Vibration Iso. I don't want to say too much about it as there is some potential in the technology I don't want leaked out. If I can lift more mass, then there are applications for such good isolation in gravity wave detectors. Of course, I don't see that happening soon either.
Hehe... I just noticed I said something stupid in my last post.. I meant to say I don't know the name of our microscope design. Of course I know the design itself!
That's right. I'm not sure what our microscope design is. It's a tripid with a rotating stage for coarse approach with the usual scanning piezo. All the mechanical motion is achieved with piezos. The advantage for maglev is the insanely low resonance we can achieve. Our calculations predict that resonances of 0.1, even 0.01 Hz are attainable with alot of effort. I don't expect to see this working tomorrow but it is a goal nonetheless. If we do get it to work, then the Transmisibility of vibrations to the STM will be so low that even measuring it will be a challenge. :)
I can't remember where I heard this: NASA spent millions of dollars developing a pen that could write in space. The Russian solution was to use a pencil. That's a savings of about 100000000% hmm... if they can pull of those ratios, they just might be able to do it.
Yeah.. we use a minus-k biscuit... can't remember the model. It's damn good. One of the things I want to do is measure resonance spectra of Organic (Benzene-Based) molecules adsorbed on silicon. This is quite hard even with basic atomic resolution. It's quite cool if you can point your STM tip on a molecule and say ohhh yeah, that's a methyl group there causing this resonance. You're probually thinking: But don't they do this in NMR? well yes, they do on a macroscopic scale, but not to individual molecules. It's a verification in a sense, but then I want to play around with these organic molecules like you can't do in an NMR.