Warp drive in your car - FOR REAL!
POSTED BY: piratenews
UPDATED: Saturday, September 27, 2008 15:21
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http://technology.newscientist.com/article/mg19125681.400
"And don't ride on anything with a Capissen 38 engine, they fall right out of the sky."
-Kaywinnet Lee Frye
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Hmm, yes. I believe a British chap called Cochran invented a vehicle that hovers some time ago. We call it a HOVERCRAFT.
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Japan wants to build a train that rides on magnets.
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I think there's a misspelling on the diagram.
Shouldn't that be 1.21 Gigawatts ? 
Oh, wait, that's for time travel.. nvm.
-F
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Hello,
This looks like a very detailed description of a microwave cannon.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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Hello,
Upon further consideration, I don't believe this concept would work.
The premise is that by filling a conical container with something that exerts pressure on the walls, the container would be propelled because one end of the cone has more surface area than the other. The author of the premise has used microwaves as his pressure-medium, but you could fill the thing with compressed air and get the same result.
Which is, no result.
But if you put a small hole in one end, you do get a nifty weapon. Or a rocket.
Don't think you'll be able to generate enough thrust for sustained flight, though. Not with this setup.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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