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BBC News - Star Trek style 'tractor beam' created by scientists
We've got a tractor beam folks. All we need's a warp core, shields and phasers (although I suppose this tractor beam can do double duty) and you can all join my crew.
What sciencey stuff has blown your mind recently?
I never understood why they call it a tractor beam.
:cry:Quote:
"It would result in a massive amount of heating of an object, like a space shuttle. So trapping a space ship is out of the question."
Tractor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaQuote:
Originally Posted by Bunny
This makes the bizarre assumption that you want the inhabitants to survive. Why not just add another weapon to your repertoire?Quote:
Originally Posted by Futan
That is awesome. Too bad the White House refused to build a Death Star, or we could already be on the way to an intergalactic battleship.
The assumption becomes even more bizarre if I'm actually captain.Quote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILF
Beam me up, Scotty.
Speaking of Star Trek we also invented transparent aluminum a few years back.
Unfortunately it only stays transparent for a split second or something.
Plus there was the invention of "teleportation"
Of a photon.
I just want a holodeck.
I somehow managed to install a cloaking device on my iPhone. The only problem is that the effect is so strong that I can't seem to locate the phone anywhere...
The other possibility is that I've lost it.
If anybody invents a holodeck, it will be the last invention in human history.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lone Wolf Leonhart
Nobody would leave the house if they had a holodeck.
well there's already 3d virtual environment rooms, all we need now is tactile support...
Call me when they start replacing air travel with this.
I want a teleportation portal. :hyper:
Make it so.