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Invisibility??
Nanonanol:
If you guys are interested in the physics behind these kind of things, check out Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku - he talks about the possiblity of some sci-fi ideas/contraptions in terms of modern physics that is being researched and how our understanding of physics might evolve in order to solve complex mysteries behind such ideas or contraptions (invisibility is one of the things he envisions as being relatively easily attainable for us).
But as far as space travel:
--- Quote from: darkjedi on August 04, 2009, 12:45:31 PM ---If you travel fast enough, your visual profile will shift to either infrared or UV spectrum through doppler effect, and you'll be effectively rendered invisible to some human observers. Just be sure to hole up yourself inside a refrigerator or something... And go any faster, you'll already be dead. Not very practical, but it's still feasible for covert space travel. (interstellar refrigerators lol, need patents)
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Who needs to worry about travelling in interstellar refrigerators when there is quantum entanglement ... sure it'll be a while before we can "teleport" more than a photon, but who knows?
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/16883
darkjedi:
I believe an interstellar refrigerator has a much simpler theoretical framework than paired quanta, so it will be easier to turn it mainstream... we can even construct it right now if we needed to, lol.
vicious796:
Bout damn time the Jetsons promises are being fufilled. Now just waiting on my disintegration ray.
mgz:
--- Quote from: Nanonanol on August 04, 2009, 01:22:59 PM ---If you guys are interested in the physics behind these kind of things, check out Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku - he talks about the possiblity of some sci-fi ideas/contraptions in terms of modern physics that is being researched and how our understanding of physics might evolve in order to solve complex mysteries behind such ideas or contraptions (invisibility is one of the things he envisions as being relatively easily attainable for us).
But as far as space travel:
--- Quote from: darkjedi on August 04, 2009, 12:45:31 PM ---If you travel fast enough, your visual profile will shift to either infrared or UV spectrum through doppler effect, and you'll be effectively rendered invisible to some human observers. Just be sure to hole up yourself inside a refrigerator or something... And go any faster, you'll already be dead. Not very practical, but it's still feasible for covert space travel. (interstellar refrigerators lol, need patents)
--- End quote ---
Who needs to worry about travelling in interstellar refrigerators when there is quantum entanglement ... sure it'll be a while before we can "teleport" more than a photon, but who knows?
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/16883
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science channel is making it into a series coming in november
geoffreak:
In theory we can do everything you imagine, and more.
It's the practicality of these theories that makes science difficult ;)
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