We have to wonder what new technology, inventions and discoveries, all stock-in-trade for Uranus, we'll see during the eccentric planet's transit through Aries, between now and 2018, Aries being the sign of initiative and initiation. Inventions and discoveries quite often emerge unexpectedly, signature style of Uranus.
We regularly read of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC),and the search for what's termed "the God particle". Perhaps these coming years will see fulfillment of scientists' hopes in that direction, and what might spin-off from that has to be mind-blowing. (See HERE)
There has been talk of much improved battery technology coming down the pike:
HERE and HERE are two examples.
And another, barely believable, possibility:
This painting by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, The Arming of Perseus shows sea nymphs giving Perseus a helmet which renders him invisible, the winged sandals of Hermes, along with a goatskin pouch for the head of the Medusa.
From artmagik.com
It seems that man is slowly catching up with myth. First, a few examples of the latter:
From November 2011:
A University of Texas Dallas scientist is working on developing a technology that would delight Harry Potter fans everywhere--an invisibility cloak.
From August 2008:
Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible.
The materials do not occur naturally but have been created on a nano scale, measured in billionths of a metre. ..............................
"This is a huge step forward, a tremendous achievement," says Professor Ortwin Hess of the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey.
"It's a careful choice of the right materials and the right structuring to get this effect for the first time at these wavelengths."
There could be more immediate applications for the devices in telecommunications, Prof Hess says. What's more, they could be used to make better microscopes, allowing images of far smaller objects than conventional microscopes can see. And a genuine cloaking effect isn't far around the corner.
"In order to have the 'Harry Potter' effect, you just need to find the right materials for the visible wavelengths," says Prof Hess, "and it's absolutely thrilling to see we're on the right track."
If, and when, a cloak or any other method of bringing about invisibility, is perfected, the possibilities of its use would be mind-blowing, some too horrendous to contemplate - in warfare for example. Let's hope that Uranus holds back a little on that one!
On a lighter note:
VeryDemotivational.com
We regularly read of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC),and the search for what's termed "the God particle". Perhaps these coming years will see fulfillment of scientists' hopes in that direction, and what might spin-off from that has to be mind-blowing. (See HERE)
There has been talk of much improved battery technology coming down the pike:
HERE and HERE are two examples.
And another, barely believable, possibility:
This painting by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, The Arming of Perseus shows sea nymphs giving Perseus a helmet which renders him invisible, the winged sandals of Hermes, along with a goatskin pouch for the head of the Medusa.From artmagik.com
It seems that man is slowly catching up with myth. First, a few examples of the latter:
The hero Perseus went equipped with a cap of invisibility to kill Medusa.In real life:
A magic cloak, made by Alberich the dwarf, granted invisibility to Sigurd.
In German fairy tales, magical caps called tarnkappes are worn by dwarfs.
The caps can make an entire village of dwarfs invisible.
In The Twelve Dancing Princesses, the old soldier is able to follow the princesses by use of an invisibility cloak.
In The King of the Gold Mountain, the hero can sneak into the home of his treacherous wife by means of a cloak of invisibility.
Wikipedia
From November 2011:
A University of Texas Dallas scientist is working on developing a technology that would delight Harry Potter fans everywhere--an invisibility cloak.
Ali Aliev uses carbon nanotubes--which look like pieces of thread--and then heats them up rapidly until the objects beneath them effectively disappear. You can watch the threads disappear as they are heated up in the video below. (at link)
From August 2008:
Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible.
"Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have developed a material that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear".
The materials do not occur naturally but have been created on a nano scale, measured in billionths of a metre. ..............................
"This is a huge step forward, a tremendous achievement," says Professor Ortwin Hess of the Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey.
"It's a careful choice of the right materials and the right structuring to get this effect for the first time at these wavelengths."
There could be more immediate applications for the devices in telecommunications, Prof Hess says. What's more, they could be used to make better microscopes, allowing images of far smaller objects than conventional microscopes can see. And a genuine cloaking effect isn't far around the corner.
"In order to have the 'Harry Potter' effect, you just need to find the right materials for the visible wavelengths," says Prof Hess, "and it's absolutely thrilling to see we're on the right track."
If, and when, a cloak or any other method of bringing about invisibility, is perfected, the possibilities of its use would be mind-blowing, some too horrendous to contemplate - in warfare for example. Let's hope that Uranus holds back a little on that one!
On a lighter note:
VeryDemotivational.com
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