The realization of Star Trek technologies : the science, not fiction, behind brain implants, plasma shields, quantum computing, and more /
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| Language: | English |
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Switzerland :
Springer,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Phasers Weapons of Less Destruction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Particle Beams as Directed Energy Weapons; 1.2.1 Were Star Trek Phasers Particle Beam Weapons?; 1.2.1.1 Neutral Particle Beams; 1.2.1.2 Proton Beams; 1.2.1.3 Electron Beams; 1.2.2 Using Lasers to Accelerate Particle Beams; 1.2.3 Plasma Laser Particle Accelerators; 1.3 Light Beams as Directed Energy Weapons; 1.3.1 The Phaser Goes from Maser to Laser; 1.3.2 Star Trek Phasers Are Really Just Lasers; 1.3.2.1 Optical Phased Arrays; 1.4 Masers Weapons
- 1.4.1 The Adaptive Denial System Is a Microwave Emitter Weapon1.5 High Energy Lasers as Directed Energy Weapons; 1.5.1 The Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons and Dazzler Lasers; 1.5.2 Mechanisms to Reduce Laser Thermal Blooming; 1.6 Examples of Weaponized Lasers; 1.6.1 The US Navy LaWS; 1.6.2 The US Air Force HELLADS Laser; 1.6.3 The DARPA Excalibur Project; 1.7 Emerging High Power Laser Technologies; 1.7.1 Free Electron Lasers and X-ray Free Electron Lasers; 1.7.2 Laser Induced Plasma Channels; 1.8 Conclusion; References; 2 Cloaking Devices: Vanishing Into Thin Space; 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Ways to Stay Hidden2.2.1 Active Camouflage in Star Trek and on Earth; 2.2.2 Mirrors and Rochester Cloaks; 2.2.3 Stealth Technologies as Cloaks; 2.3 Cloaking the Star Trek Way; 2.4 Cloaking by Bending Light; 2.4.1 Transformation Optics; 2.4.2 Gradient Index Metamaterial Cloaks and Their Limitations; 2.4.3 Natural Calcite Carpet Cloaks; 2.4.4 Natural Guanine Crystal Carpet Cloaks; 2.5 Cloaking by Destroying Light; 2.5.1 Plasmonic Cloaks; 2.5.2 Mantle Cloaks; 2.5.3 Spoofing and Illusion Coatings with Mantle Cloaks; 2.6 Future Cloaking Possibilities; 2.6.1 Wide Band and Active Cloaks
- 2.6.2 Slow Light and Positional Cloaks2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 The Replicator: Maybe You Can Have Everything; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Star Trek Replicators; 3.2.1 Replicators Are Both a Necessity and a Convenience; 3.2.2 Replicator Function; 3.2.3 Replication of Organic Materials; 3.3 Current Replicators; 3.3.1 Additive Manufacturing Is 3D Printing; 3.3.1.1 How 3D Printing Works; 3.3.1.2 3D Printing in Space; 3.3.1.3 Electronic Beam Melting and Glassy Metals; 3.3.1.4 Quasicrystalline 3D Printing; 3.3.2 4D Printing; 3.4 Current 3D Printing of Organics; 3.4.1 Printing Cells and Tissues
- 3.4.1.1 Printing Blood Vessels3.4.2 Printing Food; 3.5 The Future of Replicators; 3.5.1 Nanobots; 3.5.2 Molecular Assembly; 3.5.2.1 Microscopy for Molecular Assembly; 3.5.2.2 Nanotools for Molecular Assembly; 3.5.2.3 Laser-Induced Graphene for Molecular Assembly; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Online Material; 4 Deflector Shields: The Best Offense Is a Good Defense; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Star Trek Defensive Technologies; 4.2.1 Deflector Shield Function and Capability; 4.2.1.1 Navigational Deflector Shields; 4.2.1.2 Tactical Deflector Shields; 4.2.2 Coherent Graviton Fields