Emdrive

[Asus]

"the end of wings and wheels"
I hope this makes some progress. What do you think?
I'm thinking Back to the Future. D:

Anyone familiar with this?

 

[Vass]

Hover technology? Is that a fair translation from that mess of words?

 

[Asus]

Hover technology? Is that a fair translation from that mess of words?

I admit my imagination had a part with the Back to the future reference though I never stated hover tech. But it would be neat to see how it could be used if it was more powerful.

 

[Dekstar]

Would be nice yes, but how many of these things actually get past "small energy output" situations?

 

[15357]

Wouldn't that vaporize all the water out of everyone near if it crashed?

 

[function9]

Well I can't read the whole article at newscientist.com cause I don't have a subscription Greedy SOBs! But with the mention of the use in satellites I'm assuming this operates independantly from a track? Like the Maglev Train.

 

[Link]

Wouldn't that vaporize all the water out of everyone near if it crashed?

The burst or microwaves wouldn't be sustained long enough to significantly heat anything. It would be a lot of microwaves, but it would pass through you in a millionth of a second.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

It was in New Scientist. I've looked at the physics - and, you know, it works.

Unlikely to be used anymoreso than ion thrusters are at the moment, though.

-Angry Lawyer

 

[hungryduck]

I hope this isn't like all those "perpetual motion" machines people are constantly claiming to have built...