... As odd as it may sound, I consider the underlying principles to be possibly worth pursuing (after the patents runs out), but have no confidence in the...
Forget about the WindWing, I checked some related technology and found a company that seems a lot closer the actual production and might be a superior design. ...
... If I ever add some wind to my off-grid system, I may just get an Air-X or other conventional windmill. My personal concern with any windpower I might get...
An odd variant for an enhanced weapon that is not a taser. http://www.waspknife.com/index.php It uses a knife that can inject a burst of compressed gas into a...
... Not sure how I would implement it in game terms, but I know the idea has been around since I was a kid. My father had such a device for anti-shark use when...
Here is an idea for how some might be designed in game terms. References: Page 68. Energy-enhanced weapons. Page 29. Compressed air (projectile) weapons. It...
Here is a link to a company that makes a robot called "BigDog": http://www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php?section=BigDog It is basically a robot mule for...
Here are two links to a "dome home" design that uses a form of expanded polystyrene (with cement, plaster, and paint coatings): http://www.i-domehouse.com/ ...
... Saw that before. Nice and easy to transport and assemble. Seems rigid enough that you ought to be able to just mount one on a solid substrate and transport...
... Forgot to mention some other ideas. Maybe it could be adapted to some extent to making the hull of small boats and airships (unmanned). The thickness and...
Very graphic intensive sites with all those pictures, but a great timewaster to peruse and get inspiration from. A lot of other interesting links on the source...
New food for thought on an old article. I came across an unusual career guide in the form of a comic book with the title of "The Adventures of Johnny Bunko". ...
A gameworld concept I'm toying with involves some serious engineering challenges, and I'm trying to figure out just how badly I am going to have to mangle...
My initial suspicion is that you'd need 'unobtainium' or some other fictional material. So...would each interior layer have a different biosystem (if any),...
... I'm thinking at this point the entire structure will have a biosphere based on the same basic principles (the owners are biased), with adjustments for...
... Well, there's something I can help you with. Gravity is based on the mass of object1 times the mass of object 2 times a constant (called "G"), then divide...
... Well, there's something I can help you with. Gravity is based on the mass of object1 times the mass of object 2 times a constant (called "G"), then divide...
... Part of the trick is the ability of the material to withstand compressive stress. Remember, we're talking 100km ceilings between layers. Even with...
... I suspect that a hollow structure would tend to act a lot of like a soap bubble and that more complex structures would tend to act like multi-bubble...
... to ... fuel ... various ... with ... 100 ... mountain ... withstand ... [snip] Just thought of more considerations for the structure and its material. One...
Some more ideas: Many of the structural elements would need to take both tensile and compressive stresses (with perhaps the exception of pre-stressed elements)...
... No doubt about it, any material with nearly infinite structural strength has all kind of applications...;) For the application I have in mind, I suspect...
Totally whipping something from my rectal orifice here but you *could* use a multi-layered high-pressure atmospere in some of the layers with controlled...
... might ... three ... the ... Some more numbers. For a simplified consideration of strength of materials, if it could be looked as simple mass (for the...
I am going to be gone for several weeks. Here is an article link of someone who worked on a laser program that was cancelled decades ago in the 1960s and...
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