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Article #3824TIME TRAVEL 3
From: Jack Sarfatti
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 01:58
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 01:58
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12. Robert Forward of the Hughes Research Laboratory in Malibu, California ... Forward's design for a 'vacuum fluctuation battery' consists of a helix of ultrathin aluminium foil charged with electricity - rather like the toy known as a slinky. The positive electric charge holds the leaves of foil apart, while the Casimir force tries to pull them together... if the whole thing is allowed to collapse slowly like an accordian being squeezed, energy from the Casimir force will be released as usable electricity. Once the 'accordian' has collapsed, the 'battery' can be recharged using electricity from an outside source, just like an ordinary rechargable battery." p.179 13. Sarfatti Commentary: What about mobile pi electrons moving along RNA and DNA helixes? Does the quantum biocomputer for our immediate mental self-awareness use the Casimir force? As computers get faster and smaller, the Casimir force will come into play as noise or as something else? The Casimir force will impact on nanomachines.
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