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Force fields:
Any field, electomagnetic or otherwise, that exerts a force on an object is technically a force field. (Electric field exerts a force on an electrically charged object. A magnetic field exerts a force on a magnetically charged object. A gravitational field is also a force field in the technical sense as it applies a force on any object with momentum or mass.
Sci Fi force field:
Ah, now we're talking something entirely different. A mechanism that can deflect or stop an object or energy sent your way that is meant to cause you harm, usually from a weapon like a photon torpedo or phasor bank. The closest thing we have that is working in real life is the Trophy defence system developed by Israel that can destroy an incoming rocket or mortar round mere meters away from the target of the weapon (think of a directed shrapnel-based "counter-detonation" and the concept kind of makes sense).
Researchers looking into the electromagnetic type "force fields" have to get around the tendency of such fields to be a bit "diffusive" (hint: the larger the field, the more energy it takes), and only effective against weapons that are charged electrically or magnetically. Since nobody in any military anywhere in the world uses electrically charged or magnetically charged projectiles to start with, a force field will be useless against basically every single weapon system in service everywhere. (Although if you could figure out how to pre-charge a projectile before it meets the force field, it might work.)
Short answer: Use battle armor. It does much the same thing, it's already available, and it won't fry your electronics when you turn it on (since it isn't turned on).
Time Travel: meh.
Gravity Generation Just spin the space station.
Interstellar Travel It takes awhile.
FTL Nope.
Teleportation Interesting what they have done in this field in the past decade. Looks promising.
Terraforming My favorite, and the one I voted for. Let's do Mars for fun!
Fusion Power Expensive beyond belief, but I thought this one was already done.
Blackhole Generation I don't see the use quite yet. It will have the same gravitational effect as the amount of mass used in a slightly larger space. Maybe a battery of some sort?
Any field, electomagnetic or otherwise, that exerts a force on an object is technically a force field. (Electric field exerts a force on an electrically charged object. A magnetic field exerts a force on a magnetically charged object. A gravitational field is also a force field in the technical sense as it applies a force on any object with momentum or mass.
Sci Fi force field:
Ah, now we're talking something entirely different. A mechanism that can deflect or stop an object or energy sent your way that is meant to cause you harm, usually from a weapon like a photon torpedo or phasor bank. The closest thing we have that is working in real life is the Trophy defence system developed by Israel that can destroy an incoming rocket or mortar round mere meters away from the target of the weapon (think of a directed shrapnel-based "counter-detonation" and the concept kind of makes sense).
Researchers looking into the electromagnetic type "force fields" have to get around the tendency of such fields to be a bit "diffusive" (hint: the larger the field, the more energy it takes), and only effective against weapons that are charged electrically or magnetically. Since nobody in any military anywhere in the world uses electrically charged or magnetically charged projectiles to start with, a force field will be useless against basically every single weapon system in service everywhere. (Although if you could figure out how to pre-charge a projectile before it meets the force field, it might work.)
Short answer: Use battle armor. It does much the same thing, it's already available, and it won't fry your electronics when you turn it on (since it isn't turned on).
Time Travel: meh.
Gravity Generation Just spin the space station.
Interstellar Travel It takes awhile.
FTL Nope.
Teleportation Interesting what they have done in this field in the past decade. Looks promising.
Terraforming My favorite, and the one I voted for. Let's do Mars for fun!
Fusion Power Expensive beyond belief, but I thought this one was already done.
Blackhole Generation I don't see the use quite yet. It will have the same gravitational effect as the amount of mass used in a slightly larger space. Maybe a battery of some sort?
