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Arcology

**Arcology**, a portmanteau of "architecture" and "ecology", is a very densely populated and ecologically low-impact megastructure human habitat with an architectural design to support such a massive project.

An arcology is designed to lessen the impact of a large population human habitation on any given ecosystem. It could be self-sustainable, employing all or most of its own available resources for a comfortable life: power, climate control, food production, air and water conservation and purification, sewage treatment, and so on.

The term was coined in 1969 by architect Paolo Soleri, who believed that a completed arcology would provide space for a variety of residential, commercial, and agricultural facilities while minimizing individual human environmental impact. Soleri describes ways of compacting city structures in 3D to combat 2D urban sprawl, to economize on transportation and other energy uses. He designed "Arcosanti" which is an experimental "arcology prototype" under construction in Arizona since 1970. It applies the principles of arcology to create a pedestrian-friendly urban structure.

Buckminster Fuller proposed the Old Man River's City project, a domed city with a capacity of 125,000, as a solution to the housing problems in Louis, Illinois.

A very large arcology, such as the proposed Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, is sometimes referred to as a **hyperstructure**. The structure would be 12 times higher than the Great Pyramid at Giza, and would house 750,000 people, easily the largest man-made structure on Earth.

The Line is a 170 kilometres long and 200 metres wide linear smart city under construction in Saudi Arabia, designed to have no cars, streets or carbon emissions. It's a $500 billion project, anticipating a population of 9 million. Excavation work had started along the entire length of the project by October 2022.

Due to environmental issues and resource depletion in the future, arcologies could become critical to mankind. The scale of engineering required will be possible with the use of carbon nanotubes that can cope with the massive forces involved. The sheer size and strength of arcologies make them virtually immune to earthquakes, hurricanes, and other disasters. Each of these self-contained structures holds everything it needs for human survival. Automation is ubiquitous in these structures with intelligent robots managing almost all construction and maintenance. Energy is provided by solar panels embedded in their exteriors along with wind turbines surrounding the structures. Highly efficient transport systems are located throughout these structures to move travelers horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, at extremely fast speeds.
Roxanne

"IF I WANTED TO KILL MYSELF, I WOULD OF

CLIMBED YOUR EGO AND JUMPED TO YOUR IQ"

**DESCRIPTION**

Roxanne is a fluffy dark brown Gray x Mexican wolf with light gray leg-like stockings. Her left ear is a pale gray, while her right ear is more of a charcoal color. Her eyes are a beady black, making her look menacing. Roxanne is quite a massive wolf for her mixed species, making her tower over most. Though she isn't fast, she reacts quick and has a lot of strength and courage.

**HISTORY**

Roxanne grew up an abused pup. Neglected mainly by her parents; hence her strict personality and cruelness to others.  Later on in her years, her first path to being a leader was when she first murdered a wolf; her father. She didnt recognize him after she split from their pack, and the two fought to the death. Roxanne, being younger and wellfed, won the fight.

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Cryptocurrency

A **cryptocurrency** is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange wherein individual coin ownership records are stored in a digital ledger or computerized database using strong cryptography to secure transaction record entries, to control the creation of additional digital coin records, and to verify the transfer of coin ownership. Each cryptocurrency works through a blockchain that serves as a secure decentralized financial transaction database. It refers to chains of data entered into a digital ledger as data blocks which are discovered by "mining", then linked chronologically and secured with cryptography, making them impossible to change. Each block represents a portion of a cryptocurrency that can be stored in a virtual wallet, and owned and traded like any other form of currency.

In terms of security, owners can tell others or make public a cryptocurrency address without compromising its corresponding private key. To be able to spend their cryptocurrency, the owner must know the corresponding private key and digitally sign the transaction. A network verifies the signature using the public key. To ensure the security of a cryptocurrency, the private key must be kept secret and must never be lost, as it would be impossible to compute.

Traditional currencies (digital or paper money) face the constant issue of inflation where more money can be created which causes value dilution across that currency. Cryptocurrencies address the issue of inflation by creating a fixed creation schedule and capping the total maximum amount of cryptocurrency that can be created.

Almost every country has its own unique currency which causes issues when traveling, making transactions in different countries/currencies. Cryptocurrencies are not tied to their country of origin so they are truly global in nature.

Traditional currencies need middlemen or banks to digitally move that currency from one person to another. These can be slow and every transfer has a cost. Cryptocurrencies can be instantly transferred from one person to another across the globe.

Bitcoin, first released as open-source software in 2009, was the first decentralized and commercial cryptocurrency. Mining bitcoins, typical of most cryptocurrency, becomes increasingly difficult over time. Initially GPUs were used but as of 2021 large arrays of mining rigs using parallel GPUs are used, consuming vast amounts of power. Eventually it would become economically unfeasible to mine, as its value would be less than the power needed to mine the next bitcoin (unless its value increases to stay within the curve). Ethereum, on the other hand, are still possible to mine with PCs outfitted with one or two GPUs; however it would be more efficient to mine with a rig of more GPUs.

Cryptocurrency eventually replaced virtual digital currency which in turn replaced paper money which in turn replaced bartering. Due to its decentralized nature, it led to the devaluation and breakdown of world economies by Type I.

See also:

Cryptocurrency
McKendree cylinder

A **McKendree cylinder** is a scaled-up version of the O'Neill cylinder. It is a space habitat originally proposed by NASA engineer Tom McKendree. As with other space habitat designs, the cylinder would spin to produce artificial gravity by way of centrifugal force. It would use carbon nanotubes instead of steel, allowing the habitat to be built much larger. In the original proposal, the habitat would consist of a cylinder approximately 460 km (290 mi) in radius and 4600 km (2900 mi) in length, containing 13 million square kilometers (5.1 million square miles) of living space, nearly as much land area as that of Russia.

Because it is a cylindrical region of space that is in a state of dynamic equilibrium, the gravitational force is balanced by the centripetal force caused by the rotation of the cylinder. McKendree then suggested that it could serve as a model for the structure of spiral galaxies, with the cylinder representing the disk of the galaxy and the central black hole at the axis of the cylinder representing the galactic bulge.
Humans (Ringworld)

Humans in the Ringworld Universe have descended from the Pak, and are native to the planet Earth.

During the first phase of human interstellar colonization (i.e., before humanity acquired the Quantum I Hyperdrive), simple robotic probes were sent to nearby stars to assess their planets for habitation. The programming of these probes was flawed: they sent back a "good for colonization" message if they found a habitable *point*, rather than a habitable *planet*. Sleeper ships containing human colonists were sent to the indicated star systems. Too often, those colonists had to make the best of a bad situation.

The Puppeteer government concluded that humans' most notable quality was luck, and decided to improve this trait. Manipulating politics on Earth through bribery and blackmail, the Puppeteers caused the "Birthright Lottery" on Earth around 2650, biasing human genetic selection towards encouraging luck.
Cybermen

The Cybermen were a race of cybernetically augmented humanoids in the Doctor Who Universe. They varied greatly in design, with different factions originating independently by parallel evolution on planets throughout time and space, including Mondas, Telos, an alternate Earth, Planet 14, and Marinus. Some Cybermen were born out of an instinct to survive, others hungered for immortality because their civilizations were dying out and they wanted to survive, and some were born from the intent to upgrade themselves and everyone around them.

Despite their many different origins, there were similarities between most groups of Cybermen. For the most part, they lacked individuality or names, and had no emotions, viewing them as a weakness. They frequently attempted to physically and mentally re-engineer humans and other humanoids into Cybermen, via a process called "cyber-conversion".
Infinite Indefinite

The Cosmological Nature of the Infinite Indefinity

In my02cent Cosmology “Infinite Indefinity is an intrinsic cause manifested by and contrasted against Omni-Existence. Omni Existence  is a manifold draw parallel to a point. Encompassing both the point and the Manifold is Infinite Indefinity. Infinite Indefinity is a Boundless Indefinite Dimensional Regress when we start with a point it is abstracted against the contrast of infinite indefinite. Our universe is said to be expanding outward manifesting space and time as it evolves Existence is eternal our existence is the evidence for an eternal existence. If existence was not eternal then the boundless indefinite dimensional regress would be an absolute state of non existence thus we would not be here to argue about our non existence.

Infinite: A quality of having no limit or end. Not finite, a space or quantity that is infinite, Limitless or endless in space, extent, or size; impossible to measure or calculated. Indefinity: Not definite, without fixed or specified limit; unlimited; an indefinite number. Not clearly defined or determined; not precise or exact; an indefinite boundary; an indefinite data in the future. Indefinite: lasting for an unknow or unstated length of time.

Infinite Indefinity is an intrinsic cause manifested by and contrasted against Omni Existence.

Omni Existence is a manifold draw parallel to a point. Encompassing the “Point” and the “Manifold” is Infinite indefinite. Infinite indefinite is a “Boundless Indefinite Dimensional Regress”  When we start with a point it is abstracted against the contrast of Infinite Indefinite. Our universe is said to be expanding outward manifesting Space and Time as it evolves. Existence is eternal our existence is the evidence for an eternal existence. If existence was not eternal then the Boundless Indefinite Dimensional Regress would be an absolute state of non existence thus we would not be here to argue about our non existence.
Humans (Earth Final Conflict)

Earth: Final Conflict is set on Earth in the not too distant future, three years after the arrival of an alien species known as the Taelons. The Taelons bring with them incredible technology that they share openly with humanity. However, a growing number of Humans believe that the Taelons are not the "companions" to Earth that they claim to be.

Over the course of the series, various Taelon plots involving experimentation on Humans are revealed. It turns out the Taelons are a dying race and they have been fighting a centuries-long war with a related species called the Jaridians. They have come to Earth in hopes that some kind of fusion of themselves with Humans will allow them to survive.
Caplan Thruster

A **Caplan Thruster** (named after astronomer Matthew E. Caplan) is a type of stellar engine that uses concentrated stellar energy to excite certain regions of the outer surface of the star and create beams of solar wind for collection by a multi-Bussard ramjet assembly, producing directed plasma to stabilize its orbit, and jets of oxygen-14 to push the star. The Bussard engine would use 1015 grams per second of solar material to produce a maximum acceleration of 10−9 m/s2, yielding a velocity of 200 km/s after 5 million years, and a distance of 10 parsecs over 1 million years. While theoretically the Bussard engine would work for 100 million years given the mass loss rate of the Sun, Caplan deems 10 million years to be sufficient for a stellar collision avoidance.
Monolith

A **monolith** is a mysterious black slab discovered throughout the Solar System in Arthur C. Clarke’s Space Odyssey Universe. The monoliths were created by an unseen alien race, known only as the Firstborn.

The monoliths are capable of many different functions. One served as a catalyst for evolution, encouraging the development of sapience in lifeforms. Another was a sort of "burglar alarm," alerting the aliens that the humans had left Earth. The Jupiter monolith served as a gateway to a space transit system, and once created the "Star Child," an entity of pure energy who functioned as a probe for the Firstborn.

The monoliths could also replicate themselves, generating a cloud, or rather a giant disc, made up of millions of monoliths. One such assemblage was formed to increase the mass of Jupiter, inducing nuclear fusion and igniting the gas giant, turning it into a star.
Faster than light

**Faster-than-light** (**FTL**) communications and travel are the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light. **Superluminal** is an adjective used for a speed or velocity exceeding the speed of light.

With the old laws of physics, Einstein's special theory of relativity says that only particles with zero rest mass (like photons) may travel at the speed of light. Mass gains weight as it accelerates and as it approaches the speed of light, it becomes infinitely heavy. There is also increasingly severe time dilation experienced by the traveler approaching the speed of light, and everything else ages as you travel. Ways around these problems had to found via technology to effectively travel "faster than light" using spacetime warp displacement, hyperspace lanes, or natural cosmological structures like wormholes.

Tachyons, particles whose speed have to be faster than light, are used once the new laws of physics are discovered.

Cherenkov radiation is emitted when a charged particle, such as an electron, passes through a transparent medium, such as glass or water, at a speed greater than the speed of light in that medium. In glass or water, light typically travels around 70% of its speed in a vacuum, and it is possible for charged particles to travel faster than light in this medium. The displaced atomic electrons emit radiation to form a strong electromagnetic wave reminiscent of the sonic boom produced by an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound in air. The emitted radiation is conical in shape, with a cone angle that depends on particle velocity and speed of light in the medium.

Because of the Big Bang and the fabric of space itself expanding, it seems that galaxies themselves move faster than light.

FTL drives are significant for Type II civilizations. Beyond that, instantaneous methods of travel are used unless traversable wormholes are discovered first.
Multiverse

The **multiverse** is a set of possible universes, including the universe in which we live. Together, these universes comprise everything that exists: the entirety of spacetime, and the physical laws that define and describe them.

They are also called **bubble universes** in that they appear, grow, and then pop like bubbles into nothingness over vast cosmic timelines, or **pocket universes** with cycles that produce habitable conditions repeatedly inside each pocket.

The various universes within the multiverse are called paraverses, "parallel universes", "other universes", or "alternative universes".

The multiverse has countless finite or even transfinite universes. Infinite multiverses can only be in the megaverse. Each universe in the multiverse represents one instance, whereas infinite instances are in the megaverse. A time travel paradox will violate causality and therefore break a bubble universe and form another, transferring the cause/effect into another instance.

According to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, whenever we measure an eigenvalue of a quantum system, this causes the associated wavefunction of that quantum system to "collapse." Before the measurement is made, the state of the quantum system exists in a superposition of all possible states. For example, before measuring the position (an eigenvalue) of a *random electron*, it could be located anywhere else in the universe.

However, according to the Many-Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the wavefunction never actually "collapses." This interpretation predicts that we live in one of many universes and that every possible measurable position of the *random electron* is measured in different parallel universes. Therefore, the total number of universes containing that *random electron* in the multiverse would be the total number of all possible measurable eigenvalues (position, momentum, energy, etc.) associated with that system. Physicist Hugh Everett estimated the total number of possible states of every particle in the universe could equal the total number of universes in the multiverse, which is about 10500.

Michio Kaku has said the multiverse is an 11-dimensional "bubble bath" but for the purposes of this wiki, the omniverse is in 11d.

#### Part of 6d physics

The multiverse is an energy based expression of the universe with time fragmenting along all plausible causality lines, making it no longer fate but choice. Mass including 4d only travels one path so the other eventualities collapse under the weight of time.

#### Wave particle duality

The double-slit experiments showed that under a quantum observation, matter acted like a particle but like a wave when unobserved. This is due to the interaction that brings both the 4d and 6d together. Instead of acting in 6d space like it should, the observer forces the 4d reaction by forcing mass down one path.
Megaverse

A **megaverse** is a collection of many multiverses and the infinite links and dimensions between them. It's an infinite set of simultaneous multiverses that contain an infinite amount of instances and all laws of physics. By this definition, there cannot be time travel paradoxes or causality violations.

It is sometimes called the **quantaverse** because it can only be accessible after the discovery of 6d, the quantum dimension.

#### Many-Worlds Interpretation

The Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) states that all possible outcomes of quantum measurements exist in separate “worlds” or universes. This interpretation views time as a many-branched tree, where every quantum outcome is realized in its own universe, aiming to resolve paradoxes like Schrödinger’s cat. MWI is deterministic and local, and it implies the existence of infinitely many universes.

#### Ninth dimension

9d physics is the result of collateral force which is another version of fate as the decisions of others steers the whole. This totality of the multiverse means that fate cannot destroy time or merely bury the mass in a resultant redistribution against a causality paradox.
Einstein ring

An **Einstein ring** is created when light from a galaxy or star passes by a massive object en route to the Earth. Due to gravitational lensing, the light is distorted, making it seem to come from different places. If source, lens, and observer are all in perfect alignment, the light appears as a ring.

#### News

* Hubble finds molten Einstein Ring 60 million light-years away
* JWST discovers the farthest gravitational lens ever
John Atanasoff

## Biografía.

Nació el 4 de octubre de 1903 en Hamilton, Nueva york (Estados Unidos) y murió el 15 de junio de 1995 de 91 años en Frederick, Maryland (Estados Unidos), su causa de muerte fue un accidente cerebrovascular. Fue un destacado ingeniero electrónico estadounidense de origen búlgaro. Su trabajo fue fundamental para el desarrollo del ordenador digital moderno, hijo de un ingeniero eléctrico, creció en Brewster.

## Estudios.

A los nueve año aprendió a utilizar una regla de calculo, posteriormente estudio los logaritmos y completó el High School (Bachillerato) en dos años. En 1925, recibió su licenciatura en ciencias como ingeniero eléctrico por la Universidad de Florida, graduándose con sobresalientes. Continuó su educación en el "Lowa State College", donde en 1926 completó su máster en matemáticas. Finalizo su educación reglada en 1930, doctorándose en física teórica por la Universidad de Wisconsin con la tesis 'La constante dieléctrica del helio'. Tras completar su doctorado, aceptó un puesto como profesor asistente de matemáticas y física en el 'Lowa State College'.

## Principales Inventos o Aportes.

### Atanasoff Berry Computer (ABC)

Fue la primera computadora electrónica y digital automática que se usó con números y letras (aunque ahora se atribuye esto a la Z1 de Zonrad Zuse finalizada en 1938). Fue construido por el Dr. John Vicent Atanasoff con la ayuda de Clifford Edward Berry entre 1937 y 1942 en la 'Lowa State University', que entonces recibía el nombre de 'Lowa State College'.

Esta maquina, decididamente revolucionaria, aportó diversas innovaciones en el campo de la computadora: Un sistema binario para la aritmética, memoria regenerativa y distinción entre la memoria y las funciones del primer computador moderno en utilizar aritmética en binario y usar circuitos electrónicos, que hoy en día se utilizan en todos los computadores. En binario se utilizan dos simbolos, o y 1, para representar valores numéricos. Mas específicamente, el binario es una notación matemática en base dos. Debido a su relación directa con los circuitos electrónicos, el sistema binario se usa internamente en casi todos los ordenadores actuales. El computador fue el primero en implementar tres conceptos claves presentes en los ordenes modernos:

1. Uso del sistema binario para representar todos los números y datos.
2. Realizaba todas las operaciones usando la electrónica en lugar de ruedas.
3. La computación estaba separada del sistema de almacenamiento o memoria.

Ademas usaba memoria regenerativa, del mismo modo que la DRAM De los ordenadores actuales. No era un computador de almacenamiento, lo que la distingue de las máquinas mas tardías y de uso general como el ENIAC(1949?, el EDVAC(1949), los diseños de la Universidad de Mánchester o lo que Alan Turing realizó en el 'National Physical Laboraty'.
Artificial star

Artificial stars (or **artisuns**) are orbiting sources of illumination that can provide light and heat to a planet or megastructure. These devices are generally powered by fusion or by matter conversion. This is commonly used to provide illumination to the dark side of a Vesperian (tidally-locked) world. They do not emit light in all directions, but instead include a reflecting system that directs the emitted light in a particular direction, like a spotlight. Some artisuns illuminate rotating rings and cylinders and powered by an actual star. The process to make an artificial star is called stellification.
Calculus

**Calculus** is mathematics concerned with the calculation of instantaneous rates of change (differential calculus) and the summation of infinitely many small factors to determine some whole (integral calculus). It was developed independently by Isaac Newton of England and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz of Germany.

Calculus is studied in high school and is a requisite for physics, chemistry, biology, economics, finance, or actuarial science.

Some examples of its value:

* Architect Engineers uses integration to determine the amount of materials to construct curved shape constructions, or to calculate bridge stresses.
* In Electrical Engineering, integration is used to determine the exact length of power cable needed to connect two substations, which are miles away from each other.
* Space flight engineers use calculus to consider the different orbiting velocities of the Earth and the planet a probe is targeted for, as well as other gravitational influences like the sun and the moon.
* A civil engineer would use it to predict the pressure building up behind a dam as the water rises.
* Biologists use differential calculus to determine the exact rate of growth in a bacterial culture when different variables such as temperature and food source are changed.
* In Physics, integration is used to calculate the centre of mass, centre of gravity and mass moment of inertia of moving objects like vehicles, and to calculate the velocity and trajectory of an object, predict the position of planets, and understand electromagnetism.
* A graphics artist uses calculus to determine how different three-dimensional models will behave when subjected to rapidly changing conditions. It can create a realistic environment for movies or video games.
* It is used to determine the rate of a chemical reaction and radioactive decay reactions.
Galactic Empire

The **Galactic Empire** was a galactic government of the Star Wars universe established by Chancellor Palpatine. It replaced the Galactic Republic in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.

Purging the Ancient Jedi Order from the galaxy during Order 66, the capital of the Galactic Empire was centered on the core world of Coruscant. They were an an authoritarian empire that was dominated by Humans. It was represented secretly by the Sith and a number of species including humanoids which were considered inferior.

It classifies as an Type II civilization on the Kardashev Scale.

See Also

Galactic Empire
Humans (Snowpiercer)

The Snowpiercer is a gigantic, perpetually moving train that travels a globe-spanning track, carrying the last remnants of humanity after a failed attempt at climate engineering to stop global warming that has created a new Snowball Earth. The lower-class tail-section passengers continuously rebel against the elite of the front of the train due to harsh living conditions. The mysterious Mr. Wilford is the creator and architect of the train.
Li-Fi

**Li-Fi** is a wireless communication technology that uses light to transmit data between devices. It has the potential to be much faster than Wi-Fi, yet use a lot less energy.

Li-Fi will be able to transmit data at high speeds over the visible light, ultraviolet, and infrared spectrums. Currently it uses LEDs which transmit data in visible light. Wi-Fi uses the radio frequency to transmit data.

Li-fi software modulates the LED at incredibly high speeds (up to tens of million times per second). Digital content is encoded as data into visible light by rapidly flickering a LED on and off repeatedly. These correspond to 1s and 0s, which are bits of binary data, and then software is used to transform these bits into digital content such as pictures and videos. Since the frequency of visible light is about 10,000 times faster than radio waves, Li-Fi is much quicker than Wi-Fi. Hundreds of gigabits per second is achievable, and this is even faster than fiber optic cables.

Li-Fi is able to function in areas otherwise susceptible to electromagnetic interference (e.g. aircraft cabins, hospitals, or the military). However, other sources of light, for example the sun, will interfere with the signal. Also, since Li-Fi's short wave range is unable to penetrate walls, transmitters would need to installed in every room of a building to ensure even Li-Fi distribution.
John von Neumann

**John von Neumann** (1903 – 1957) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, computer scientist, engineer and polymath. He was a genius and visionary that contributed profoundly to the advancement of mankind. His cognitive abilities were legendary and his peers often thought he was a species superior to that of man, or an evolution beyond man.

Some of his major contributions:

* mathematics (foundations of mathematics, functional analysis, ergodic theory, representation theory, operator algebras, geometry, topology, and numerical analysis)
* physics (quantum mechanics, hydrodynamics, and quantum statistical mechanics)
* nuclear physics (thermonuclear reactions in the hydrogen bomb used in the Manhattan Project)
* computing (Von Neumann architecture, linear programming, self-replicating machines, stochastic computing, game theory, digital computers) - his architecture is at the basis of modern computing almost 80 years later and will be unlikely to be made obsolete soon even with the rise of quantum computing
* Cellular automata and the universal constructor
* Weather systems and global warming

He promoted the policy of MAD (mutually assured destruction) to limit the arms race and to make realize the futility of a nuclear war.

The first use of the concept of a technological singularity is attributed to von Neumann.
Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) describes the network of physical objects (things) that are embedded with sensors, software, and other technologies for the purpose of connecting and exchanging data with other devices and systems over the Internet.

Things have evolved due to the convergence of multiple technologies, real-time analytics, machine learning, commodity sensors, and embedded systems. Traditional fields of embedded systems, wireless sensor networks, control systems, automation (including home and building automation), and others all contribute to enabling the Internet of things. In the consumer market, IoT technology is most synonymous with products pertaining to the concept of the "smart home", including devices and appliances (such as lighting fixtures, thermostats, home security systems and cameras, and other home appliances) that support one or more common ecosystems, and can be controlled via devices associated with that ecosystem, such as smartphones and smart speakers.
Interstellar highway

The Oort cloud is a cloud of icy planetesimals including comets that surround the Sun at distances ranging from 2,000 to 200,000 au (0.03 to 3.2 light-years). That is more than halfway to the nearest stars, the Centauri triple star system, which is slightly more than four light-years from Earth. If we assume that the Centauri star system is also surrounded by a sphere of comets, then there might be a continuous trail of comets connecting it to Earth. It may be possible to establish a series of refueling stations, outposts, and relay locations on a grand interstellar highway. An alternative to spaceships or faster-than-light travel might be “comet hopping” to the Centauri system, creating mankind's first cosmic route to its nearest star from the Sun. Faster-than-light technology may be delayed indefinitely and this may be a more viable solution for shorter-term and shorter-distance interstellar goals.

The Rosetta spacecraft Philae was able to send a probe to land on a comet. Some comets have a hard rock/ice core, which may be strong enough to support a robotic relay station. One day, robots may land on a distant comet in the Oort Cloud and drill into its surface. Minerals and metals from the core could be used to fashion a space station, and ice could be melted to provide drinking water, rocket fuel, and oxygen for astronauts.

Techniques used in the moon base and asteroid mining could be employed for the bases across the comets.

An idea was pioneered by Carl Sagan in his book, *Comet.* Robots would build mass drivers on comets, using them to eject materials at very high velocities, which in turn would exert a thrust on the comets, causing them to accelerate. The comets are thus converted into spaceships and using these “spaceship comets” people could move together in tightly compact “comet bundles” and hurtle through interstellar space. The hollowed-out and ejected materials would be used to construct rotating cylindrical habitats for humans to live in, such as an O’Neill cylinder. Therefore the mass driver on the comet would be used as for propulsion systems as well as habitation for the long interstellar journeys.
Black body

A **black body** is an object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation, or all colors of light. It emits electromagnetic black-body radiation at Planck scales.

A black hole absorbs all the light that hits its event horizon, reflecting nothing, making it almost an ideal black body. Hawking radiation is black-body radiation that is released by black holes because of quantum effects near the black hole event horizon.

The universe approximately a second after the Big Bang was a near-ideal black body at a temperature around 1010 K. The cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) observed today is a perfect black body.

*Vantablack* is a material that absorbs up to 99.965% of visible light. The name is a portmanteau of the acronym *VANTA* (vertically aligned nanotube arrays) and the color *black*.

The world's closest *white body* is a paint that reflects 98.1% of solar radiation while emitting infrared heat.

Max Planck modeled the cavity walls of black bodies as a collection of tiny electromagnetic oscillators. He posited that the energy of oscillators is discrete and could assume only certain values. These oscillators both emit energy into the cavity and absorb energy from it via discrete jumps, or in packages called quanta. Planck’s quantum approach involving discrete oscillator energies for theoretically deriving his Blackbody Radiation Law led to his 1918 Nobel Prize.
Asuryani

The **Asuryani** are also called Craftworld Aeldari as they were named before the fall of their lost realm, or the Eldar as they were long known to outsiders, are an ancient humanoid alien species whose vast empire once extended the width and breadth of the known galaxy in the Warhammer 40k Universe. The Asuryani are a kindred of the Aeldari race who now live on vast, city-like starships called craftworlds.

The Aeldari Empire was without equal, and they counted themselves masters of the stars. But over ten millennia ago, the Aeldari's overweening pride and their fall into hedonistic practices led to a cataclysm that all but eradicated their kind and led to the birth of the Chaos God Slaanesh.

Despite their boundless power, the heart of their civilization was torn out by this catastrophe of their own making, forcing many of the surviving Aeldari to flee upon gigantic, continent-size starships once used for commerce and trade that they named craftworlds. Now the Asuryani cling to survival by a thread, fighting the horrors of the galaxy with ritualized mental discipline and consummate martial skill.

The Asuryani rely on mystical technologies like psychocrystalline Spirit Stones and the psychoactive wraithbone Infinity Circuits that comprise the skeletons of their craftworlds to store their souls after death and prevent their consumption by Slaanesh.
Magnetic Monopole

**Magnetic monopoles** are elementary particles that carry units of magnetic charge. Monopoles are their own antiparticles: a North monopole will mutually annihilate a South monopole. Monopoles are easily accelerated by strong magnetic fields and carry electric charge in addition to magnetic charge.

Monopoles are naturally produced in great numbers at the Big Bang and then get difficult to collect during the inflation of the universe. Planets, stars, and neutron stars accumulate monopoles and civilizations looking for them begin searching within the cores of gas giants then eventually neutron stars, fields of black holes and at the entrances of wormholes. Gas giants and neutron stars typically contain less denser *strange matter* which eventually forms magmatter during collapse into black holes*.*

Magnetic monopole reactors provide extremely high amounts of power while avoiding the dangers inherent in antimatter storage. Energy generation requires access to magmatter. The reactor operates via fusion of monopoles with common elements such as hydrogen and helium that creates plasma. Controlled amounts of this conventional matter bombards a magmatter surface, resulting in the instant conversion of the conventional matter to energy. The conversion process also produces positrons, neutrinos and electrons which collide to produce gamma ray radiation. A conversion reactor therefore creates a high temperature plasma from which electricity or *magnetricity* can be extracted via standard magnetohydrodynamic methods.

#### Uses:

* Power generation for an extremely large city or ecumenopolis, stellar engine or stellification.
* Conversion drive for spacecraft and spaceships
* Monopole-enhanced thermonuclear explosive devices are so high yield that they can be used in the industrial scale mining (or destruction) of large asteroids, moons or even planets.
Elder Gods

The **Elder Gods** were Great Old Ones in the Doctor Who Universe, playing cosmic games with each other using the dimension known as the Board. They were able to create time storms and lock away people's memories. An Elder God could not die in the normal universe, as the energies released would damage space and time. As the Seventh Doctor transported a dying To'Koth back to the Board, the Time Vortex itself was turned inside out.
Ferengi

The **Ferengi** were a warp-capable humanoid species from the planet Ferenginar in Star Trek. Ferengi civilization was built on free enterprise, where earning profit was the sole meaningful goal in life, superseding all other endeavors.

The Ferengi's most distinguishing feature were their large ears (called "lobes"), which gave them extremely acute hearing, sensitive enough to tell a person's species and gender. Ferengi lobes were also said to tingle whenever the Ferengi sensed an opportunity for profit or was sexually aroused.

Their Rules of Acquisition provided advice that all good Ferengi followed, in order to lead a profitable life. For example, the first Rule of Acquisition was "*Once you have their money, you never give it back*". In addition to the Rules, the Ferengi also recognized the Five Stages of Acquisition: infatuation, justification, appropriation, obsession, and resale.

Ferengi society and culture was highly misogynistic and patriarchical. As such, laws and cultural norms reflected and deeply institutionalized such misogyny and discrimination. Ferengi women were referred to as "females." They were barred from most aspects of society, such as not being allowed to earn profit or to travel. They were not even allowed to wear clothes and were expected to be undressed at all times.

The Ferengi Alliance was the main political body of the Ferengi. It was dedicated to the promotion of profit and commerce and was overseen by a Grand Nagus, who acted as both head of state and principal business leader. It took around 10,000 years to build the Ferengi Alliance. Gint became the first Grand Nagus and was the original author of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. While this cemented their greedy and materialistic society, atrocities such as slavery and interstellar wars were notably absent from Ferengi history.
Creator

The **Creator** is the highest level supreme being in the cosmos. He is the overseer and creator of all that exists. Only he has the ability to create something from nothing. He who is nameless and genderless, individual or plural, can create infinite subsets of existence. The Creator can show himself in various forms to other supreme beings or decide to remain hidden from lower level beings or civilization types. The exact nature of the Creator is unknown and unknowable.

He (or they) belong to Type XX. The concept of such a civilization is simplified through concepts that lower life forms can understand.

The abode of the Creator is in the Beyond, which is outside of reality and non-reality (the outerverse).

The Creator is not to be confused with God, who is a godly being within the 11 dimensions of the omniverse. Higher level supreme beings may also appear godly to lower levels.

The Creator knows the truth of nature across all of existence. This is *the* *truth singularity.*
Metaverse

The **metaverse** is a portmanteau of "meta" (transcending) and "universe". It is a universal and immersive virtual world, or a network of virtual worlds with people connected socially, facilitated by the use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). In this virtual world, billions of people live, work, shop, learn and interact with each other - all from the comfort of their couches in the physical world.

The 2003 virtual world platform *Second Life* is often described as the first metaverse, as it incorporated many aspects of social media into a persistent 3D world with the user represented as an avatar. Social interaction and 3D virtual worlds are often an integral feature in many massively multiplayer online games. *World of Warcraft*, for example, is a persistent virtual world where players can buy and sell goods. Virtual worlds such as *Fortnite* can be accessed through PCs, game consoles, and phones.

In 2021 Facebook was renamed "Meta Platforms" and declared a company commitment to developing a metaverse.

The metaverse is coming to Microsoft Teams, which lets Teams users in different physical locations join collaborative and shared holographic experiences during virtual meetings.

Proposed applications for metaverse technology include improving work productivity, interactive learning environments, e-commerce, mass-audience interaction, real estate, and fashion. Metaverse implementations may rely on digital currencies, and often cryptocurrency.

Technologies used to build metaverses will include: artificial intelligence, internet of things, extended reality, brain-computer interfaces, 3D modeling and reconstruction, spatial and edge computing, and blockchain.
Bioship

A **bioship**, or **living ship**, is a spaceship made organically using biotechnology. It lives and grows and heals in space, therefore making it formidable in space battles. Over time they can evolve into a species, or may have originated from a species that became spacefaring and took to the stars organically.

It can have different levels of sapience, from being non-intelligent plants, to having animal-like instincts, or being completely intelligent and self aware. If sapient, they range from being cyborgs to full organic technology.

Bioships can use advanced biotech to grow internal drive systems and to collect fuel or other energy rich material like antimatter or exotic matter. Using the same tech, they could replace soft fleshy shells with tougher chitinous layers or even steel or high density carbon constructs, thus making use of all technology within one living, 'breathing' construct.

They can originate from being a travelling Dyson Tree, or some species of bioship are capable of reproducing entirely from seed or by viviparous birth, and can breed independently making them breed out of control and become potentially dangerous.

Moya is a bioship from Farscape.
Black dwarf

A **black dwarf** is a white dwarf that has cooled sufficiently that it no longer emits significant heat or light. This can also been applied to hypothetical late-stage cooled brown dwarfs.

The far-future evolution of stars can only be estimated. It could take anywhere from 1015 years to 1037 years to cool.
Drone

A **drone** or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew or passengers on board. They are remotely-piloted and have degrees of autonomy, ranging from autopilot assistance to fully autonomous using AI.

Their applications include aerial photography, product deliveries, agriculture, policing and surveillance, infrastructure inspections, science and hobby-based entertainment. Laser weapons can be mounted and they can be used in direct or covert military operations.
Electromagnetism

**Electromagnetism** describes the electromagnetic force which is one of the four fundamental forces of nature, dominating interactions of atoms and molecules. It is a combination of electricity (specifically, electrostatics) and magnetism.

The electromagnetic force is responsible for many of the chemical and physical phenomena observed in daily life. The electrostatic attraction between atomic nuclei and their electrons holds atoms together. Electric forces also allow different atoms to combine into molecules, including the macromolecules such as proteins that form the basis of life.

Examples of usage in modern technology: electricity, light, heat, sound, fiber optic and wireless communication, sensors, computing, electrolysis, electroplating, mechanical engineering, plasma.

### History

Electromagnetism has been studied since ancient times. Ancient civilizations created wide-ranging theories to explain lightning, static electricity, and the attraction between magnetized pieces of iron ore.

Until the 1800s, electricity and magnetism were considered to be two separate forces. This changed when James Clerk Maxwell showed that the interactions of positive and negative charges were shown to be mediated by one force. This unification, first observed by Michael Faraday and extended by Maxwell and Heinrich Hertz, led to the understanding of the nature of light. Different frequencies of oscillation give rise to the different forms of electromagnetic radiation, from radio waves at the lowest frequencies, to visible light at intermediate frequencies, to gamma rays at the highest frequencies.

Current theories take into account quantum mechanics and relativity. Quantum electrodynamics (QED) has modified Maxwell's equations to be consistent with the quantized nature of matter. In QED, the electromagnetic field is expressed in terms of discrete particles known as photons, which are also the physical quanta of light.

### Fundamental forces

The electromagnetic force is one of the four known fundamental forces and the second strongest.
The other fundamental forces are:

* the strong nuclear force, which binds quarks to form nucleons, and binds nucleons to form nuclei; it is the strongest of the four known fundamental forces; operates at short range.
* the weak nuclear force, which binds to all known particles in the Standard Model, and causes certain forms of radioactive decay; it is the second weakest of the four fundamental forces; operates at short range.
* the gravitational force, by far the weakest of the four fundamental forces; the gravitational force, along with the electro­magnetic force, operate at infinite range.

### Units

* ampere (electric current)
* coulomb (electric charge)
* farad (capacitance)
* henry (inductance)
* ohm (resistance)
* siemens (conductance)
* tesla (magnetic flux density)
* volt (electric potential)
* watt (power)
* weber (magnetic flux)
Avatar

An **avatar** is a genetically engineered race in the Avatar Universe, a Human/Na'vi hybrid, meant to house a human mind. Selected humans psionically connect with their avatar bodies, which greatly resemble their human template. They are used to explore Pandora without exopacks and to easily interact with the natives.

See also:
Avatar
Lampreys

The **Lampreys** are an alien race from Doctor Who. They exist outside of reality itself and are capable of being in multiple locations while feeding off chronon energy - the temporal energy generated by living beings as they exist. The Lampreys literally devour Time, liking nothing more than to find and completely extinguish an entire multiverse of realities just to feed. However, in order to actually enter a reality, they need to find a focus, unique mental waves of a time-sensitive individual, in order to home in on them and break through into their universe.

See also:

Lampreys