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Photonic matter actually a thing

hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
edited September 2013 in Ten Forward
http://phys.org/news/2013-09-scientists-never-before-seen.html

Scientists from Harvard and MIT have managed to create an environment in which photons will bond to form molecules.

I'm subtracting 500 nerd points from every scientist involved for comparing this to lightsabers, while what they've not only reproduced the technobabble nonsense of how Star Trek holograms work but even duplicated the technobabble nonsense word and called it photonic matter.



Bad news for anyone waiting for a holodeck: The environment required to achieve the effect is very close to absolute zero and filled with a dense cloud of radium. Pretty much nothing about it is someplace you want to shoot Borg in. The process may have applications in advanced quantum computing, however.
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  • telbasta7386telbasta7386 Member Posts: 761 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Who would use a holodeck for shooting borg?

    My first choice of programs would be scantily clad alien girls.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Who would use a holodeck for shooting borg?

    My first choice of programs would be scantily clad alien girls.

    How predictable. Honest. But predictable.



    Back on topic: Coooooooooooooooooool. Also the comparison to Lightsabers isn't as cool.
  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Wasn't it Scott Adams who said a functional holodeck would be humanity's last invention?
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    Second life is gonna have VR tech, Holodecks will just finish off mankind




    Science needs to slow down:D


    we all know this Technology won't be used at first to Map the human body, or nervous system for medical use.


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