Don_Dickle to Ask ScienceEnglish • 3 months agoHow close are we to an actual forcefield? Is it even on the agenda or anything? Or is it just sci fi and thats it?message-square21arrow-up178arrow-down14
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareHow close are we to an actual forcefield? Is it even on the agenda or anything? Or is it just sci fi and thats it?Don_Dickle to Ask ScienceEnglish • 3 months agomessage-square21
minus-squareLostXORlinkfedilink14•3 months agoClosest I can think to one is a plasma window. They can apparently separate atmospheric pressure from a vacuum with just plasma, but are restricted to being quite small with current technology.
minus-squaretoiletobserverlinkEnglish3•3 months agoI wonder what other things it can hold at bay other than gases.
Closest I can think to one is a plasma window. They can apparently separate atmospheric pressure from a vacuum with just plasma, but are restricted to being quite small with current technology.
I wonder what other things it can hold at bay other than gases.
Hold my beer.
8kW/cm is quite the power draw…