Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days 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-squaremessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down13
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@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up14·24 days 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-squaretoiletobserver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoI wonder what other things it can hold at bay other than gases.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days ago8kW/cm is quite the power draw…
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…