Physics Students Devise Concept For Star Wars-Style Deflector Shields 179
mpicpp (3454017) writes in with good news for everyone worrying about the strength of their shields. "If you have often imagined yourself piloting your X-Wing fighter on an attack run on the Death Star, you'll be reassured that University of Leicester students have demonstrated that your shields could take whatever the Imperial fleet can throw at you. The only drawback is that you won't be able to see a thing outside of your starfighter. In anticipation of Star Wars Day on 4 May, three fourth-year Physics students at the University have proven that shields, such as those seen protecting spaceships in the Star Wars film series, would not only be scientifically feasible, they have also shown that the science behind the principle is already used here on Earth."
Sorry but (Score:0, Insightful)
this is bullshit
Re:Journalists collectively give up, embrace insan (Score:4, Insightful)
in order to retain some sort of reason, professionalism, or sanity.
They aren't trying as hard as you think they are.
Re:You mean Star Trek? (Score:4, Insightful)
This is extremely difficult to achieve and would require a lot of energy to work as an effective, impenetrable "shield", which would act much like extremely strong white noise generator.
This would explain why getting the enemy's shield frequency is technically valid. (The shield frequency had to be nonrandom, because otherwise you couldn't fire or transport through it.) A lot of problems go away if you wave some magical energy source wand over them.