23-March-2004, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by AGN Fuel
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Originally Posted by TrAI
Can gravity be used as a communication tool?
Are there any scientific evidence out there that gravity could be potentially used as a communication tool of the future? If such a tool had existed it would unable(supposed to be "enable"?) communication faster the speed of light...in fact it would seem that it would be instant regardless of the distance). Any ideas? Thanks!
Hmmm... Well, I guess if you managed to modulate your data onto a gravity wave you could transfer it that way, but i guess that would need a system that could, at least partly shield gravity or increase gravity to create the carrier and modulate the data onto it, or perhaps you could play with a couple of black holes, but i don't se how you could impress your data at any usable speed(if at all) at something of that mass... Anyway, the data would still not move faster then light, as far as I know, gravity field propagation is limited to c...
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I agree - I don't see how you could modulate the wave without expending a HUGE amount of energy that could be used to far more easily generate EM radiation. :-k (Mind you, if you could manage it, the energy expense would surely rid the airwaves of ShockJocks & Disco DJ's! May be worth it after all!  )
The wave would not be instantaneous - it would require time to propagate from source to receiver. |
I'm with you re the Disco DJ's. But the best use would be the "phasing out" of the FCC, allowing for a partial restoration of the First Amendment. Even if the gravity waves were 1/186,000 their normal speed, that would far out pace the brain waves of the FCC bureaucrats and wipe their stems clean (since there's no function in the present but non-functional higher regions, that's all we need to worry about). 8)
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