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| Pat Flannery... |
 Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 8:21 am |
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.....the "Gyradoscope" is the wave of the future!
Meet the 1931 version of the Dean Drive:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/28/strange-lifting-force-used-in-novel-airship/
As to why its name makes it sound like a optical instrument of some type
is anyone's guess.
Meanwhile, on to other Marvels Of To-morrow!
Let us examine the future world of 2055, as seen from 1955... a daring
world where women wash in showers that are basically high-frequency
vibrators, still wear sexy see-through nightgowns to bed, and the
question of "Who's going to be on top?" can mean "Who's going to be
floating nearer the ceiling?:
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/05/27/mi-readers-suggest-amazing-marvels-of-tomorrow/
(Surprisingly, most of these do get developed in one form or another,
sometimes in the exact form predicted; though not:
"Instead of doors and walls, force beams cut off vision by bending light
rays. To enter a house you merely step through the electronic beam.
Larry Hyder, Metolius, Ore"
This needs more thought...the walls _look_ like they are there, but
_really_ they aren't? So things like blowing leaves, birds, bugs, and
the neighbor's flea-infested dog can appear right out of the wall in
your living room? Buglers are going to love this. Also, what's holding
up the roof?
And of course, hunting with Tasers:
"For hunters and cops, a paralyzing ray which stuns temporarily. No more
fatal gun accidents or cruelly wounded game. Daniel Garcia, Chicago, Ill."
This also needs some more work; assuming the stunned duck didn't die on
impact with the ground, what are you supposed to do with it then? Either
you let it go (which means you are really more interested in petty
sadism towards ducks than hunting) or you kill it somehow - which sort
of defeats the whole idea of shooting it with the stun gun in the first
place.
Also, I want to see what happens to the guy who shoots the lion with the
stun gun, and then discovers the Range Rover won't start...and he's out
of stun ammo. What's he supposed to do then...take a tire iron to its
head before it regains its wits? :-)
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| Matt... |
| Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 2:32 pm |
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The "whirling weights in sealed cylinders" bit makes it sound like a
tricked-out version of the same old unbalanced-wheel perpetual
motion. Nothing to look at there.
The idea about jets used to force air out openings to provide lift to
a disc - is it not more efficient to simply provide lift directly from
the jets, as in the Harrier, etc.? Any intermediate step is only going
to reduce net lift.
Regards,
Matt Bille
Sci/Tech news and comment
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| Neil Gerace... |
| Posted: Thu May 29, 2008 3:56 pm |
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On May 28, 9:21 pm, Pat Flannery <flan... at (no spam) daktel.com> wrote:
Quote: Buglers are going to love this. Also, what's holding
Stop peeking on Wrangler Jane, Dodds! |
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