Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Solo Current Event Presentation
My presentation was about a "space-time" cloak. Scientists are trying to configure this technological article of clothing by using extremely advanced technology and metamaterials (molecular materials that could bend light). The cloak would ultimately move a moment in time and hide an event. This concept is obviously very abstract and insane. To think that a burglary could be hidden from surveillance cameras or someone could cross a highway within the blink of eye is extraordinary. The immense amount of technology needed for something like this to be successfully invented is, with the way things are going, not far in our future. Scientists have only figured out how to do this an a small scale so far, but the concept is pretty cool and can be completed within our lifespan. The fact that people may be shooting in and out of time and space like this is just one example of how technology is truly impacting our world. Scientists are constantly thinking of new ways to boggle people's minds and use technology to create life-altering phenomenons. Not that everyone will be walking around in these cloaks (which will probably not be available to the public and/or they'll be so expensive only true scientists will be able to experiment with them), but it is the concept that ultimately has me thinking. If something like this could be invented and a person could move in time and space, the concept of reality will be completely thrown off and examined. Gee and I thought the "Real World" was a phenomenon. Looks like we have a whole new way of "being here" and "being there" in present time thanks to technological advances and science.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment