Lionheart
March 6th, 2010, 02:51
Hey all,
I was doing some computer maintenance tonight, waiting, and day dreaming.
I am was sitting here looking at my sleek, wierd looking, futuristic Apple Magic Mouse, which is a UFO looking sleek shape, molded in white polycarbonate, and while examining the shape of this thing, I was thinking of the movie 'Iron Man' and I imagined.....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4056263566_a5e5ffd659_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4333941707_dab2f9be61_o.jpg
What if this little 'thing' was a drone, a drone that could do 'Mach 1' (at least) for a period of time (perhaps 1 to 3 hours), and could hold 24 hours of sophisticated, high resolution data, from sound to video feed, and could run nearly indefinately on its own, at least until the power was used up.
Now, you say, how???? What about fuel? What about power? What about.... (the list can be a few miles long).
But......... This is if you think 'inside' the box based on existing technologies...
Now.. Walk with me. Lets think outside the box. Dont be skirrrrd.
Lets imagine the concept of fuel, and think of how nature does this. Lets think of a Humming Bird. If it has its fuel from the environment, small flowers, then that thing can get fuel where ever there is flowers. Done... So we need a fuel that is both at 'base' and at the recon point of the drone. hmm..... Light! So we make it solar powered. So the unit would get its 'food' (fuel) from the sun, and that would be half of each day. If it has a battery, it could possibly run during the night without having to sleep, otherwise, it would land somewhere and go into sleep mode, low energy hybernation.
Next; Flight. How would a thing shaped like a mouse, maintain flight? Magneto drive. UFO's do this. Supposedly the B2 flying wing has experimental gravitic or magnetic propulsion instegrated into its airframe (went public in England a few years back). Such a system would only require power, probably electricity. Thus one could hover and or fly at Mach via Magnetics. This would mean that the powerplant, which is based on the fuel (food) of light, would require a pretty powerful amount of energy, so the coil or booster of the battery system in the small device would need to be pretty potent.
With magnetic flight, one could hover the device over a building. Being bright white and shiny, it would be virtually invisible to the human eye, hovering perhaps 50 feet in the air.
Then, have a cell phone style com system where it can use SAT communication to your computer (or iPhone) so you could talk to it, get feedback, send orders, etc.
Then.... (alot of 'then's' ).... You would have an automatic flight system, like an autopilot, that is 'usually always on. This would be more like a futuristic drone where you would simply give it a mission and it handles the rest. No telling it what to do. Just give it an area or location to go to, and what to do when it gets there. You could even have presets, such as 'home base', (which could be your desk top, through the window, next to your computer by a USB docking port).
Next, a large amount of data storage, like 1 to 4 TB or more. Well, this can be done with the atomic IBM molecule chip block. It fits on your fingertip and can hold more data then the Library of Congress. Done...
Now lets set up a scenario.
You are sitting at your desk, and you here that an Earthquake has just occurred at a certain country like say Japan and your friend is there visiting family at a certain location. You want to find out if they are ok. You create a flight plan to that location via Google Earth, upload it into your hyper drone, wait for sunrise (you need sunlight), and you open the window, and give the device the go-ahead to depart.
The device charges its magnetic propulsion, soft electric hum is heard, small whine increasing as the coil inside charges up. A metal pen next to it gently rolls away, as the device lifts up about 12 inches from the desktop, points on its Y axis to the window, moves slowly to the window (open window) and out into the yard area, then slowly begins going straight up. After a bit, it begins a forward motion, steady climb, about 50 to 70 degrees climbout, steadily climbing to perhaps a ceieling of FL700 (70,000 feet). There, it goes to Mach or however fast Magneto propulsion can go (mach 3?) until it is over Japan, at which point it begins a descent to the GPS coordinates and begins taking footage, which it sends back to your at your desk and computer via the internet via SAT link, or local Bluetooth, etc.
When its done, you go into your computer and select 'return home'.
The system could be so radically setup as to notify you when its in certain waypoints, such as 'entering United States airspace; FL700, Mach 2.4'. When its 10 min's from arriving back home, your iPhone gives out a alarm tone. You open the window and wait. Suddenly, in through the window comes your drone device, it hovers over your desk, 12 inches up, checks its normal landing zone. Oops, coffee mug is there in the way. It calculates an offset landing point, still on the desk, near the mug. It powers down, makes that whine down sound camera's make when you power down the flash device. Done... Its sleeping. You pick it up, clean it, check for bug damage from when it was out flying around in lower atmosphere, etc..
What if...
One of the things that made me think of this was a episode from Stargate SG1, where Daniel is with this group of aliens whose world had been destroyed. They are almost being held prisoner at SG1's base, Chyenne mountain. The leader is told about a possible place they could go to stay at. So he takes Daniel above ground and he launches a small probe that is the size of a mouse that was in his pocket. Daniel says, 'how can this be? that thing is going to go there?' And the alien guy is telling him 'yeah....' and Daniel is trying to comprehend how a small hand device can do such a thing, go to another star system or Galaxy for that matter, in just an hour. They waited for it to return, (about an hour).
Seeing that show Iron Man really was enlightening..
Also, I was thinking that his lift rockets must have used something other then 'fuel' such as gas or liquid. My thoughts are that it used a fission type propulsion based mainly on electric power from his 'arc reactor' device. This would be similar to the Star Wars famed 'TIE' engine, which was deveoped by NASA long ago, an electric ION propulsion engine that used electricity from solar panels to power a rocket. Electric rockets. You still need a secondary fuel substance that it 'accellerates' through a field. Why not air? Accellerate air at nearly the speed of light (possible with gun shells) and Voilla, air/light rocket power.
Now, folding space is another thing.
Also, if you could get the device (my apple mouse hyper drone) to go interdimensional, then it should be lite as a feather, so the magneto propulsion would only need to be so powerful, not massively powerful. But with interdimensional devices, you can accidentally go 'solid' inside another solid, or pass through other solids and accidentally changing things in them (like people) causing damage. (that would be bad).
what if............
Bill
I was doing some computer maintenance tonight, waiting, and day dreaming.
I am was sitting here looking at my sleek, wierd looking, futuristic Apple Magic Mouse, which is a UFO looking sleek shape, molded in white polycarbonate, and while examining the shape of this thing, I was thinking of the movie 'Iron Man' and I imagined.....
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4056263566_a5e5ffd659_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4333941707_dab2f9be61_o.jpg
What if this little 'thing' was a drone, a drone that could do 'Mach 1' (at least) for a period of time (perhaps 1 to 3 hours), and could hold 24 hours of sophisticated, high resolution data, from sound to video feed, and could run nearly indefinately on its own, at least until the power was used up.
Now, you say, how???? What about fuel? What about power? What about.... (the list can be a few miles long).
But......... This is if you think 'inside' the box based on existing technologies...
Now.. Walk with me. Lets think outside the box. Dont be skirrrrd.
Lets imagine the concept of fuel, and think of how nature does this. Lets think of a Humming Bird. If it has its fuel from the environment, small flowers, then that thing can get fuel where ever there is flowers. Done... So we need a fuel that is both at 'base' and at the recon point of the drone. hmm..... Light! So we make it solar powered. So the unit would get its 'food' (fuel) from the sun, and that would be half of each day. If it has a battery, it could possibly run during the night without having to sleep, otherwise, it would land somewhere and go into sleep mode, low energy hybernation.
Next; Flight. How would a thing shaped like a mouse, maintain flight? Magneto drive. UFO's do this. Supposedly the B2 flying wing has experimental gravitic or magnetic propulsion instegrated into its airframe (went public in England a few years back). Such a system would only require power, probably electricity. Thus one could hover and or fly at Mach via Magnetics. This would mean that the powerplant, which is based on the fuel (food) of light, would require a pretty powerful amount of energy, so the coil or booster of the battery system in the small device would need to be pretty potent.
With magnetic flight, one could hover the device over a building. Being bright white and shiny, it would be virtually invisible to the human eye, hovering perhaps 50 feet in the air.
Then, have a cell phone style com system where it can use SAT communication to your computer (or iPhone) so you could talk to it, get feedback, send orders, etc.
Then.... (alot of 'then's' ).... You would have an automatic flight system, like an autopilot, that is 'usually always on. This would be more like a futuristic drone where you would simply give it a mission and it handles the rest. No telling it what to do. Just give it an area or location to go to, and what to do when it gets there. You could even have presets, such as 'home base', (which could be your desk top, through the window, next to your computer by a USB docking port).
Next, a large amount of data storage, like 1 to 4 TB or more. Well, this can be done with the atomic IBM molecule chip block. It fits on your fingertip and can hold more data then the Library of Congress. Done...
Now lets set up a scenario.
You are sitting at your desk, and you here that an Earthquake has just occurred at a certain country like say Japan and your friend is there visiting family at a certain location. You want to find out if they are ok. You create a flight plan to that location via Google Earth, upload it into your hyper drone, wait for sunrise (you need sunlight), and you open the window, and give the device the go-ahead to depart.
The device charges its magnetic propulsion, soft electric hum is heard, small whine increasing as the coil inside charges up. A metal pen next to it gently rolls away, as the device lifts up about 12 inches from the desktop, points on its Y axis to the window, moves slowly to the window (open window) and out into the yard area, then slowly begins going straight up. After a bit, it begins a forward motion, steady climb, about 50 to 70 degrees climbout, steadily climbing to perhaps a ceieling of FL700 (70,000 feet). There, it goes to Mach or however fast Magneto propulsion can go (mach 3?) until it is over Japan, at which point it begins a descent to the GPS coordinates and begins taking footage, which it sends back to your at your desk and computer via the internet via SAT link, or local Bluetooth, etc.
When its done, you go into your computer and select 'return home'.
The system could be so radically setup as to notify you when its in certain waypoints, such as 'entering United States airspace; FL700, Mach 2.4'. When its 10 min's from arriving back home, your iPhone gives out a alarm tone. You open the window and wait. Suddenly, in through the window comes your drone device, it hovers over your desk, 12 inches up, checks its normal landing zone. Oops, coffee mug is there in the way. It calculates an offset landing point, still on the desk, near the mug. It powers down, makes that whine down sound camera's make when you power down the flash device. Done... Its sleeping. You pick it up, clean it, check for bug damage from when it was out flying around in lower atmosphere, etc..
What if...
One of the things that made me think of this was a episode from Stargate SG1, where Daniel is with this group of aliens whose world had been destroyed. They are almost being held prisoner at SG1's base, Chyenne mountain. The leader is told about a possible place they could go to stay at. So he takes Daniel above ground and he launches a small probe that is the size of a mouse that was in his pocket. Daniel says, 'how can this be? that thing is going to go there?' And the alien guy is telling him 'yeah....' and Daniel is trying to comprehend how a small hand device can do such a thing, go to another star system or Galaxy for that matter, in just an hour. They waited for it to return, (about an hour).
Seeing that show Iron Man really was enlightening..
Also, I was thinking that his lift rockets must have used something other then 'fuel' such as gas or liquid. My thoughts are that it used a fission type propulsion based mainly on electric power from his 'arc reactor' device. This would be similar to the Star Wars famed 'TIE' engine, which was deveoped by NASA long ago, an electric ION propulsion engine that used electricity from solar panels to power a rocket. Electric rockets. You still need a secondary fuel substance that it 'accellerates' through a field. Why not air? Accellerate air at nearly the speed of light (possible with gun shells) and Voilla, air/light rocket power.
Now, folding space is another thing.
Also, if you could get the device (my apple mouse hyper drone) to go interdimensional, then it should be lite as a feather, so the magneto propulsion would only need to be so powerful, not massively powerful. But with interdimensional devices, you can accidentally go 'solid' inside another solid, or pass through other solids and accidentally changing things in them (like people) causing damage. (that would be bad).
what if............
Bill