Energy Shields and Force Fields?

[FoxtrotZero]

Heres a question;

Throughout science fiction, Energy and Force fields have appeared alot. But are they really possible?

Well i suppose using electrified armor plates could be used as a dispersion for energy weapons.

If you created a sort of gate, you could arc electricity across it like a tesla coil, effectively creating an electric field.

In Halo, Light Bridges were literally bridges of solid light, where i believe the light particles were somehow calmed down to a point of solidity.

Any theories?

[General Veers]

It can apply electromagnetic force, since electricity is the flow of electrons, which DO have mass. If what you assume is true, m'lord, then magnets, electromagnets, and electric currents wouldn't exist.

[General Veers]

Aww...3 ms^-1 more and you would have made an example of the speed of sound...

Forgive me for begging the question, but I noticed that you stated "Even if we had electro magnets..." We do have electromagnets. Computers use electromagnets, speakers use electromagnets, motors use electromagnets, and anything else that requires turning electromagnetic energy into mechanical energy or vice versa uses electromagnets.

Relying on magnetism alone, there would be a problem: unless the projectile was charged similarly as the field, the electromagnetic field would only accelerate the projectile in its inverse square velocity field rather than decelerate it.

Hmm...until I consult a physics book, I may have to live blissfully ignorant of the physics of Star Wars...

[~Memzak~]

You guys should really read: the physics of the impossible...


force fields are theoretically possible, but not with todays tech.

Here's one method:
Assemble a plasma shield held in place by magnetic fields, with a high powered laser grid behind it and finally a net of carbon nanotubes.

This would then melt any on coming projectile (for plasma is ionized gas which is VERY hots (like the surface of the sun hot) by using the plasma and the laswer grid, and then the carbon nanotube net would stop it like a brick wall in a way....

and it would be next to invisible, (with the glow of the plasma of course)
since the lasers can be of the visible wave length (mabye even gaser (which is like a laser only with high energy gamma rays) and the carbon nanotubes are MUCH to small to see... (even though they are immensely strong)
The only thing you would see is the ionized gas of the plasma glowing.

I hope that makes sense.

[General Veers]

There's one problem with that: if the shield is immensely hot, wouldn't the protected entity either burn, melt, sublimate, or otherwise become altered in an unpleasant way?

[ownedbyglove]

There is this thing called cold plasma which is theoretically possible.... hmm.