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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)...
neil3m2002
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Oct 5, 2008
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2098
... 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...
Greg Porter
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2099
... Some numbers that might help. According to wikipedia for graphene, it has a Young's modulus of 0.5TPa under mechanical properties. ...
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2100
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...
Mark
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Oct 11, 2008
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2101
... I assume you mean using the rotating atmosphere bands as part of a generator and tapping that power? Greg BTRC...
Greg Porter
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Oct 12, 2008
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2102
... might ... three ... the ... Some more numbers. For a simplified consideration of strength of materials, if it could be looked as simple mass (for the...
neil3m2002
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Oct 12, 2008
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2103
An earlier article covered the idea of games need and use of certain gambling tricks for gaming interest: ...
neil3m2002
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Oct 18, 2008
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2104
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...
neil3m2002
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Oct 27, 2008
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2105
Some links for those who want to know various tricks involving levers, wedges and others for force multipliers. ...
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Nov 17, 2008
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2106
Some background thoughts to consider: Are fans of stories enough to provide energy to gods? This could have an interesting effect of providing energy to "hero...
neil3m2002
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Nov 24, 2008
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2107
I don't know about the metaphysical reality of the situation, but from a practical standpoint, gods presumably need a reason to want the worship and adulation...
Greg Porter
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Nov 24, 2008
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2108
... This reminds me a bit of Bill Willingham's comic book series 'Fables'. The basic concept is that the characters from myth and folklore are still alive...
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Nov 24, 2008
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2109
Some ideas for a "How to be a success" for gods idea using the WarP World and the old Primal Order supplement. God questions: 1) What is the actual nature of...
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Dec 1, 2008
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2110
... the ... of ... entities ... they ... in ... over ... Power ... be ... would ... if ... grain ... points ... life. ... set ... Forgot to add one more...
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Dec 1, 2008
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Some other questions that has answers that are campaign dependent which affects how at least some gods would plan and act: 1) What is the relationship between...
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Dec 7, 2008
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2112
An article link: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htecm/articles/20081202.aspx "...Two years after the first of these systems, RadarVision, became available,...
neil3m2002
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Dec 8, 2008
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2113
Looking up the stats on the Xaver 400, I don't think it's quite ready for prime time use, at least not on robots. With a maximum range of 20 meters and a...
Greg Porter
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Dec 8, 2008
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2114
This is another of those ideas for where either a time traveler could use to advance the TL a little in civilization or be used by a civilization in a...
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Dec 15, 2008
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2115
One concept that has become and is increasing is in real life to use underlying idea of sensor drones from Slag! In VDS, this is where cheap and small Rating...
neil3m2002
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Dec 22, 2008
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2116
... It is worth noting that WowWee and probably others now sell camera- equipped wheeled robots with wi-fi connectivity, so you can drive a drone around your...
Greg Porter
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Dec 22, 2008
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2117
An article link on an interesting design for a sensor platform mast that is retractible in a very compact form. ...
neil3m2002
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Jan 4, 2009
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2118
Small guided missiles seems to have reached a point of practicality in the real world. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp? ...
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Jan 12, 2009
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These technology ideas about an unusual type of steel for those Time Lords who either want to mess with history or as background for a divergence in the...
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Jan 19, 2009
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Some concepts for a future article not yet set: Part of the idea for the earlier post on ultra-high carbon steel is on a better designed sword (probably will...
neil3m2002
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Jan 26, 2009
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I'm one of those who will disagree with this theory. Much of it depends on your cultural preconceptions. A Japanese sword is designed for a 'draw cut', where...
Robert Blanton
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Jan 26, 2009
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... I think that historical blades are some combination of dealing with the limits of material science, the nature of resistance the blade is likely to meet,...
Greg Porter
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Jan 26, 2009
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Some further thoughts: The concept behind the 3G3 system is based on penetration from energy per unit area (diameter of the projectile or beam). This is for...
neil3m2002
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Feb 2, 2009
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2124
An article and video of someone who used jetboat propulsion principles to make a "jetpack" equivalent. ...
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Feb 2, 2009
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2125
... I suppose it is possible, but it would probably be more efficient to just have a waterjet propelled hydrofoil, rather than using reaction thrust for both...
Greg Porter
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Feb 2, 2009
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In the real-world there are a number of methods to convert sewage into a fuel gas (sometimes called "digester gas") by using bacteria under low-oxygen...
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