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Post by firecracker on Jun 22, 2014 10:01:25 GMT -5
The door thing....is related to aging. In our youth, we blithely opened doors...following our curiosity. And sometimes, there was so much energy on the other side, that the door swung our way and knocked us on our asses. But we could pick ourselves up and recover quickly from the shock and bruises.
Now, we contemplate whether the curiosity is really worth the possibility of some unknown force of energy knocking us down...and if it does, whether our aging bodies will recover.
So, then the door becomes a philosophical and ethical decision point. If we pass the door and let it for others to explore, is that the wise thing to do, and will we later regret it, can we live with it?
And if we open the door, will we or society be harmed? And can we or it recover from it.
And lastly, is the door a hindrance to the journey we must take. And if so, then like the saying goes, the thing that you don't want to do is the thing that you must do.
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Post by firecracker on Jun 22, 2014 10:03:10 GMT -5
I will probably be showing my ignorance here....but can the problem of vibration or frequency of the engines be solved by placing each inside a vacuum chamber?
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 22, 2014 15:26:44 GMT -5
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Post by firecracker on Jun 22, 2014 21:37:32 GMT -5
Okay, if there is a need to control and stabilize the kinetic energy, let's look at the kinetic energy generation technology....would it be possible to 'harvest' some of the kinetic energy produced in order to stabilize it...and would some of these materials the useful to that effort. "Among the new materials available to convert kinetic energy, electroactive polymers—which produce an electrical current from a change in shape or size as they are stretched and relaxed—display higher performance in terms of energy density and efficiency than traditional transducer materials and have a lower production cost. This contrasts with alternative kinetic energy harvesting means such as electromagnetic generators, which require relatively sophisticated mechanical transmission in order to operate at the speeds needed to efficiently produce power due to their low energy density. Other materials, such as piezoelectric ceramics—which produce electricity resulting from mechanical pressure—have different limitations. Not only do they often contain undesirable lead compounds. They are also relatively stiff and require a heavy and rigid connecting structure linking them to energy sources. " spie.org/x48868.xml |
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 23, 2014 13:57:10 GMT -5
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 23, 2014 15:25:00 GMT -5
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 23, 2014 16:34:17 GMT -5
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Post by firecracker on Jun 23, 2014 19:59:40 GMT -5
This is too easy...of course, I would search the ocean!
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 23, 2014 22:11:41 GMT -5
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 25, 2014 14:42:52 GMT -5
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 27, 2014 1:17:22 GMT -5
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Post by firecracker on Jun 27, 2014 9:31:35 GMT -5
How well did you know Howard?
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 27, 2014 12:46:23 GMT -5
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Post by firecracker on Jun 27, 2014 15:20:31 GMT -5
Here we are back in Interstellar again. Not sure how that happens, what are you, a technical advisor? Anyway, I agree with you that we need engineers, and we need them badly. AND, they need to have access to the information that is kept from them in the undergraduate level so that while their minds are fresh and before their hands are tied with corporate legalities, they are free to run with their new ideas.
Need food, fine, get an engineer to help you develop better ways to grow it....just don't genetically modify the stuff with cross species B.S. Grow it on the roof, grow it in a high rise, whatever....an engineer can design it.....grow it off the side of bridges...multifunction planters along the highways....
Now, continue...in the land of Interstellar.....and the ghosts who come and go from this forum....
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Post by inventorunknown on Jun 27, 2014 19:58:29 GMT -5
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