Ever since I heard that a magnetic field can create a force on a charged particle I wondered if it was possible to use an electric field to charge surrounding objects and resist their movements and this is giving my "theory" some support.
Science!: Fat and Force Fields
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Ugh. I've always hated that term. Force field, that is. It doesn't make any scientific sense. It's almost worse than the whole "energy weapon" thing. Besides, a tank with this technology wouldn't have an actual force field, just super-capacitor armor.
Well if it moans, shuffles , is reanimated and goes down in a headshot why not call it a zombie? (<-- Metaphor for the slow 'uns). It actually Might be helpful to call something by its fictional counter-parts name, after all their are normal people who arrange funding and the word "Force Field" might open some imaginations and wallets.CuddlyCombine said:
Real Life Scorched Earth, here I come!
That depends on how it works, and if it is applied to the whole vehicle. In principle though, if the shape of the field is planned properly, it shouldn't affect the tank's own weapons, or may even assist them.008Zulu said:
The article didn't say single-shot;Epoetker said:
It more or less said it was short-lived.
That is, when activated, the field would be effective for about 1 second.
That doesn't say anything about how often it could be activated, or the delay afterwards before you could use it again.
The main implication is that you would have to time the activation so that it is active at the moment of impact.
You can't just turn it on and then forget about it.
Heh. I love these. Thin skin which allows water & oxygen to diffuse through it would be the same way amphibians breathe. They've got lungs, but the lungs aren't sufficient to supply their bodies with oxygen by themselves, which is why frogs/toads need to be kept moist. It's not a surprise that the insect in the article may breathe the same way.
