...I designed a workable flying saucer, using well-understood, existing tech. The only problem: It'd probably cost $50k to prototype, and then probably $5 mil to get approved by the FAA (if I actually wanted to market them).

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DARPA is now funding research into plasma disruption through EM fields and acoustics, or more simply put, containing and suppressing fire (which is just a cold form of plasma) with electric fields and sound.

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An interesting paper on the current state of warp drive technology.

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Scientists in India have successfully trapped light in a specific nano-soup with a magnetic field applied. They claim the ability to adjust the trap to capture any specific frequency of light, and it operates at room temperature with commonly-available parts. Very cool!

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Here's an interesting paper (PDF) describing a possible E8 ToE (Theory of Everything)
(Here's the abstract.)

Lead-up:

1. Group Theory
2. Symmetry Group
3. Differentiable Manifold
4. Lie Group (pronounced "Lee")
5. E8

...is taking place, at least in part, without my help. In fact, this one puts some of the first steps of my medical calculation database, together with many of the ideas I had in my new scheme for a vastly more accurate annotation method for describing molecular configuration.

Here's a link to the article.

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So, my son is able to keep stuff down again, and the fever isn't quite so high, so that's good news.

Had an idea the other day and thought I'd share it here:

The four fundamental forces of physics that we're aware of are the Strong, Weak, Electromagnetic, and Gravity. The first three operate primarily on the quantum level, though their effects ( Read more... )