Lifters are prototype field-effect propulsion devices powered by high-voltage supplies. They’re made of aluminum and other lightweight materials, and take off vertically when power is applied. They provide continuous thrust with no moving parts, and don’t require fuel like conventional aerospace technologies.
Lifter technology is currently being investigated to determine if the anomalous side-effects noticed in testing are in fact gravitational in nature, but Lifter technology is probably not “true” Antigravity. The definition of “true” Antigravity would be that it actually reduces or negates the effects of gravity on the prototype.
Lifter technology is a method of producing directional thrust using an electromagnetic propulsion system that has no moving parts. This could be considered the effective equivalent, or “effective” Antigravity for the purpose of future vehicular transportation.
The mainstream media, searching for something or someone to blame for this tragedy, has been quick to jump at global warming as a possible cause for this devastation. Of course, global warming is causing some negative effects on our natural environment, but it is not to be blamed for this disaster.
The catastrophic destruction that has occurred in the central Gulf coast of the United States due to Hurricane Katrina is occupying our thoughts. This calamity will consume enormous time and cost to recover from and to provide as much protection as possible from the inevitable next hurricane of this magnitude in this region and elsewhere. This is a sad time.
However, little time has passed before the disaster is being blamed by some of the media on global warming (see, for example, articles in The Belfast Telegraph and the Los Angeles Times. This narrow perspective completely misses the real reason for this disaster. As we, and others, have discussed (see Pielke, R.A. Sr., 2000: Discussion Forum: A broader perspective on climate change is needed and Pielke Jr. et al. 2005: Hurricanes and global warming), the significant risks are due to crossing thresholds in our vulnerability to environmental threats of all types. In this case, construction of towns on the immediate coastline and of a city below sea level (New Orleans) makes these regions particularly vulnerable to hurricanes.
The media have almost universally ignored an accurate description of the spectrum of human forcings on climate as presented in the National Research Council 2005 rporet.
In a new article “Disaster Engineering” by Kevin Matthews for Architecture Week, some good reasons are given for not building a city under sea level on the coast of a sea, building “green”, and taking responsibility for our environment (natural and otherwise)…
An individual hurricane is an act of nature. How tragically ironic that just as the United States is reeling from Katrina’s awful smash, the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is working to strike the words “respect for nature,” among others, from a harmless listing of the world’s basic values (Economist.com).
At the same time, much of the death and destruction from Hurricane Katrina is human induced, or at least enhanced, rather than strictly natural. Societal decisions of where and how to build, where to barge and drill, where to channel, dam, straighten, and pump can have disastrous local and regional impacts. For instance, the latest scientific research (Nature 436, 1071, 25 August 2005), suggests that coral theft offshore was a significant contributor to the severity of local damage from the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
” Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was He who created all that we see and all that we feel. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him.”
“What these people don’t understand is that He built the world to make us think the earth is older than it really is. For example, a scientist may perform a carbon-dating process on an artifact. He finds that approximately 75% of the Carbon-14 has decayed by electron emission to Nitrogen-14, and infers that this artifact is approximately 10,000 years old, as the half-life of Carbon-14 appears to be 5,730 years. But what our scientist does not realize is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage.”
Here are the findings of a research project I began nearly 14 minutes ago:
Unified heterogeneous algorithms have led to many important advances, including model checking and IPv4. Given the current status of replicated models, biologists dubiously desire the study of lambda calculus, which embodies the robust principles of machine learning. Escroll, our new framework for the study of model checking, is the solution to all of these problems. Read the rest of this entry »
I plan on winning the New Jersey high school science fair this year with my parallel neural vagrant cooperative computer project. Research began on this project over 35 minutes ago when I read this thing on enhancing cognitive powers by transitioning to an interconnected mind which will lead to a new race of humans:
This is only possible by interconnecting the human mind with human mind, in a sort of collective consciousness. The processing power of many will solve many important problems (such as space travel). Problems that plague the fabric of humanity, such as leaving the solar system, can only be solved by such collective thought. There are many attempts to make machines that behave like the human mind, but that is the wrong direction. Only by clustering the grey matter of the brain will we be able to solve the problem of extinction or self destruction.
So I plan on creating a local network of vagrants (volunteers, of course…I’m not crazy!) and slightly unscrewing their skulls so I can wire their brains together. Then when I get all the synapses and neurons firing together in a parallel circuit, I will control the world’s first human computer.
From there, I haven’t decided where I want to go with the project. World domination sounds funny and is the obvious route, but that feels like it would entail a lot of work. I’m leaning towards opening an H&R Block office. Taxes are really hard to figure out, and if I have a powerful manputer doing all the work I’ll be able to handle hundreds of customers at a time with virtually no overhead. My only costs will be the manputer’s salaries and office rental.
I watched NASA’s live webcast of the probe Deep Impact striking this comet. It was unreal. I’m editing a montage, should be up tomorrow. Until then, check out their images and videos here.
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