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Warp Speed, here we come
09. 25. 2011 09:21
RedNemo
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Well maybe not tommorow.
But some days ago the CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (French: Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire) near Geneva came out with a stunning and world blasting announcement.
During their experiments with neutrinos throuht the terrestrial mantle (link: https://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/Spotlight/SpotlightCNGS-en.html ) a team of scientist discovered that:
Neutrinos are faster than light, not by much but they are.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15017484
Well actually that could be one of the greatest discoveries of this century, and will certainly blow some mind if verified.
In other words there are no more physical caps to the speed of the KM subs ^^
Maybe, just maybe if we dont push the big red button of autodestruction we might actually use for something of this fact.
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
09. 27. 2011 07:56
Stormvanger
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Originally Posted by RedNemo
actually i am thinking of some kind of communication system which can use that fact.
In a long future, this could permit to have a real time solar system internet.
Instead of having to wait 5 hours that the light speed signal reach the people across the solar system.
Exactly. If you can move data at faster than the speed of light, you can communicate across vast distances more easily. Real time internet to a science base on Mars, real time communications with robotic probes in the outer solar system, real time communication with robotic probes that spent decades traveling to some of the nearest stars... insanely valuable.
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
09. 27. 2011 08:11
masc24
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I doubt it will wcwe be "real time", more like faster travelling data.
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
09. 27. 2011 08:27
Stormvanger
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Originally Posted by masc24
I doubt it will wcwe be "real time", more like faster travelling data.
Probably not, but an order of magnitude or two will do just fine, thanks! =)
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
09. 27. 2011 12:10
RedNemo
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Originally Posted by Stormvanger
Probably not, but an order of magnitude or two will do just fine, thanks! =)
LOL immagine if the increase is exponential or logarthmic?
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
10. 17. 2011 16:34
zstsz
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YES YES YES, START BUILDING THE ENTERPRISE BOYS!
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
10. 17. 2011 23:59
Desolate
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Originally Posted by Stormvanger
Originally Posted by RedNemo
actually i am thinking of some kind of communication system which can use that fact.
In a long future, this could permit to have a real time solar system internet.
Instead of having to wait 5 hours that the light speed signal reach the people across the solar system.
Exactly. If you can move data at faster than the speed of light, you can communicate across vast distances more easily. Real time internet to a science base on Mars, real time communications with robotic probes in the outer solar system, real time communication with robotic probes that spent decades traveling to some of the nearest stars... insanely valuable.
If you remember Nicola Tesla's experiments (before some jerk named Edison stole ideas and used the media to ruin him), he was working on methods of transmitting AC power through the air. It's nice to know that similar ideas are still present despite the damage caused by other jealous inventors that don't deserve the fame they have today.
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
10. 18. 2011 05:30
nurelmusafir
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The scientific world is taking this with a pinch of carefulness. A time tracking issue, most likely.
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
10. 18. 2011 12:12
Stormvanger
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Originally Posted by Desolate
If you remember Nicola Tesla's experiments (before some jerk named Edison stole ideas and used the media to ruin him), he was working on methods of transmitting AC power through the air. It's nice to know that similar ideas are still present despite the damage caused by other jealous inventors that don't deserve the fame they have today.
Wow. Did someone's great grandfather lose his job back then, or what? Tesla's stuff failed to catch on primarily because it was inefficient with the materials of the time and because the the electric fields were lethally hazardous. Had it been the superior solution with the technology available in those decades, someone would have picked up the research. In the age of high temperature superconductors, however, it's always worth taking a second look.
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
10. 18. 2011 16:47
Desolate
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Originally Posted by Stormvanger
Originally Posted by Desolate
If you remember Nicola Tesla's experiments (before some jerk named Edison stole ideas and used the media to ruin him), he was working on methods of transmitting AC power through the air. It's nice to know that similar ideas are still present despite the damage caused by other jealous inventors that don't deserve the fame they have today.
Wow. Did someone's great grandfather lose his job back then, or what? Tesla's stuff failed to catch on primarily because it was inefficient with the materials of the time and because the the electric fields were lethally hazardous. Had it been the superior solution with the technology available in those decades, someone would have picked up the research. In the age of high temperature superconductors, however, it's always worth taking a second look.
LOL!! Nah, I just don't like Thomas Edison... I'll give him credit for his recording device though. Tesla's AC theories still out beat Edison's DC theories in practicality though. If you remember the size of an AC converter versus a DC converter. This is why (although there are still towns that are wired for DC) the majority of the world runs off of AC circuitry; Tesla's technology. As far as your next part, I completely agree with you. If anything take what's being used in video games and think on it. I don't remember which game it was, but they used (microwave?) satellites to transfer power from halfway across the world. The idea is intriguing to say the least, and as you said with the technology we have today I can see some form of similar theories being possible. One thing that has always spiked my interest was how to build a capacitor that could store the energy of a single lightening bolt without being melted or overloaded.
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Re : Warp Speed, here we come
10. 18. 2011 19:44
Eradicator1
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I thought the speed was only marginally higher than light speed in which case it wouldn't make too much of a difference if used for travel/comms
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