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Originally posted by Buck Division
Perhaps a lot of interstellar communications is taking place in this universe, using some transmission method other than electromagnetic waves.
Perhaps there are forces that we haven't discovered yet, or dimensions that we can't access. Maybe there are interstellar messages encoded in lepton beams? In tachyons, via hyperspace?
Originally posted by z-bar
That article is not "scientific evidence". It's not even science. In fact, you don't need more than high-school level physics to see immediately that
Originally posted by Bashibozkedi
Not only was this more energy-efficient but communication is faster. Using standing waves information is transmitted instantaneously as there is no speed of propagation.
Originally posted by mikesingh
Perhaps it's all about making gravity and super gravity waves (that act as carrier waves) that bend the fabric of space-time in such a way so as to produce near instantaneous communication?
Originally posted by mikesingh
But even today, do we understand what the heck gravity is all about except that it's one of the four fundamental forces?
Originally posted by mikesingh
Now I have no idea whether this German guy has reached this stage?
Originally posted by timelike
Indeed, until he produces a complete mathematical treatment, it is just another theory!
Originally posted by Nohup
Gravity waves as yet undetected.
Gravity waves would require mass. No such thing yet as a mechanism to instantaneously create or remove "phantom mass."
If so, phantom mass would affect everything around it, like real mass. Not aware of any recent planet-sized masses being created near or on Earth.
Gravity incredibly weak. Waves likely unsuitable for communication.
Standing waves do just that. Stand. Usually within a containment structure like a tube (church organ). No transmission of information.
Am I missing anything?
Originally posted by timelike
Basically this is the first flaw on which all the others are built. Gravity is not transmitted instantly. General relativity shows that gravitational waves travel at the speed of light. Hence gravitational effects travel at the speed of light.
Originally posted by mightymouth
After a search around the internet for more information on 'standing gravitational waves/devices' I discovered this patent application (US Patent 6784591) for a device used for the "generation, refraction and detection of high-frequency gravitational waves that can be modulated and utilized for communications".
This patent was granted on August 31, 2004. The inventors name is Robert M. L. Baker, Jr.
My degree is in the communications field and would love to get a look at this device.
[edit on 6-2-2008 by mightymouth]
Principal Investigator and Project Manager
Robert M. L. Baker Jr., was born in Los Angeles on September 1, 1930.
He has been married to his wife Bonnie since 1964 and has three grown
children. Baker earned a bachelor's degree in Physics at UCLA with highest
honors (summa cum laude – first in his class) was elected to Phi Beta Kappa,
earned a master's degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Engineering at UCLA-- the
Ph.D. degree with a specialization in aerospace was, according to UCLA officials,
the first of its kind to be granted in the United States. Dr. Baker was on the
faculty of the Department of Astronomy at UCLA from 1959 to 1963 and the
Department of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA from 1963 to 1971 as a
Lecturer and Assistant Professor. During that time he was a Lecturer at the
United States Air Force Academy. While on a two-year tour of active duty in the
Air Force he worked on a variety of classified aerospace projects. He was the
head of the Lockheed’s Astrodynamics Research Center in Bel Air, California
and in 1964 joined Computer Sciences Corporation as the Associate Manager for
Mathematical Analysis. In 1980 he was elected President of West Coast
University, an accredited university for the adult learner now operating under the
auspices of American Career College in Los Angeles.
Originally posted by timelike
Originally posted by z-bar
That article is not "scientific evidence". It's not even science. In fact, you don't need more than high-school level physics to see immediately that
I totally agree z-bar, what utter nonesense! Unfortuantley some people must have skipt those elementary high school physics classes. For the love of God, where do they find these people...
[edit on 6-2-2008 by timelike]
Originally posted by damagemouse
You guys should check out 'entanglement' and the 'spooky' effect.
essentially you have two particles - one spins clockwise - the other counterclockwise - when you change the spin of one - the other particle - it's 'partner' changes it's spin as well - instantaneously - even if you put each particle on opposite sides of the universe.
Einstein called it the 'spooky effect' i think - it's instant - ftl - and is used in quantum teleportation.