Hi-Tech Gravitic Technology Items For Home Use

[david.wendelken]

I was cleaning a huge number of fallen leaves out of our koi pond this morning. We've already taken over 2000 lbs of leaves off our 1.25 acre lot so far this year and you would never know it from the number of leaves that are still on the ground.

Which got me to thinking about TDX, the explosive that directs its explosive force perpendicular to the planetary gravitational field...

Which got me to thinking about Manuever Drives and how they work off of manipulating gravitational forces...

Which got me to thinking about hi-tech gravitational devices that would manipulate falling leaves, nuts, and branches into falling into neat piles. The mechanism would need to differentiate based on weight of the falling items so leaves would go one place, nuts another, and branches a third place. Obviously, this wouldn't be perfect but it would sure make things around the home (or corporate grounds) easier to maintain.

What kind of tech level would that be?

 

[david.wendelken]

It would also work to mitigate shrapnel...

 

[Condottiere]

More likely a horde of Roombas will pick up each individual leaf, and deposit it in any number of heaps.

Anti gravity motors, since a retcon sometime three or four years ago, remain relatively expensive.

 

[Spinward Flow]

hi-tech gravitational devices that would manipulate falling leaves, nuts, and branches into falling into neat piles.

Simplest solution would be to enforce a -0.1g field near the ground which reaches an equilibrium state of ~0g above the ground. So stuff falls off the trees, hits the ground and then floats up into a layer above the ground where stuff remains suspended. You can then have cheap aerial drones gather up and sort stuff into collection piles, requiring very little thrust due to the microgravity field near the ground.

Note, the same kind of think is possible using grav plating in cargo deck floors/ceilings/walls, such that you can essentially "float" cargo containers into and out a cargo hold without necessarily needing to rely on the equivalent of forklifts to move them about (although forklifts and manipulator arms would be VERY handy for cargo loading work). Basically you could have what amounts to a flatbed truck drive up alongside the cargo hold and the ship's maneuver drive/grav plating enforces a localized microgravity environment in which use of a docking arm (or few) for moving cargo crate modules (2, 4 or 8 tons) becomes relatively simple (and largely a matter of playing Tetris in the hold).

 

[Alagoric]

Stuff I've used in my games:

Gravbed. Feel like you're floating, because you are. For the perfect nights sleep. Popular with honeymooners.

Medical bed. Avoid pressure sores or give comfort for those suffering (for example) from skin conditions or serious burns.

Rescue gear. Beam lifters, devices that will hold up elements of collapsing structures allowing rescues to be conducted or repairs to be made.

Mechanics tools. Specialized grav cradle. Raise, lower, and rotate difficult-to-position components with millimeter precision.

Training gear. No-fall unit, often incorporating holographic projectors for the fully immersive experience. Familiarize your lower tech recruits with zero-gee operations before they leave their cruddy backwards homeworld. Also a popular attraction at the County Fair.

Impact Negators. Where the risk of a high-speed impact exists, impact negators (repulsors) are the answer. Pioneered on racetracks, where you didn't want your cutting edge multi-million cred grav racer mashing into the walls. Now common in parking lots and hangars, or protecting tall structures from careless drivers.

Suicide Grabs. Tired of those who want to end it all jumping off of your tall building? Concerned about kit falling off of overflying grav vehicles and crashing down onto the rooves or sidewalks? Safely steer falling junk and jumpers into secure holding hoppers.

 

[Grav_Moped]

Re-using one of my old comments:
"For tonight's performance, the role of Frank Lloyd Wright will be played by M. C. Escher. We hope you enjoy the show."

 

[kilemall]

Gravpad as sort of a combined elevator/stair assist/furniture lift helper.

Decorative waterfall for an office atrium or mansion only the water flows up- a waterrise?

 

[Condottiere]

In the end it comes down to costs, capital and operating.

 

[willtron3030]

Decorative waterfall for an office atrium or mansion only the water flows up- a waterrise?

Aw, heck... they're doing that at TL-8. [link to Yahoo news article from 2013]

Compressors with no moving parts (save maybe check valves).

 

[Grav_Moped]

Aw, heck... they're doing that at TL-8. [link to Yahoo news article from 2013]

Compressors with no moving parts (save maybe check valves).

Slick illusion, that.

 

[aramis]

Canon gives us magnetics and gravitics being used to make Darrian/Daryen Flame Sculptures,

As far as the leaf pickup? still on treads or wheels, but using a 0G field and a traditional fan to make the airflow much more effective.

 

[Grav_Moped]

Canon gives us magnetics and gravitics being used to make Darrian/Daryen Flame Sculptures,

Now, use the same technology to make them interactive and programmable on the fly -- as a theatrical stage that one or more performers can 0-G/Low-G dance inside, with the flames.

It's everything you might dream of from a 1980s rock show: the pyrotechnics, the laser show, the smoke machines, the video screens (in 3D), and the entire band being flown in to the stage on wires (without the wires!) all at once!

 

[willtron3030]

a theatrical stage that one or more performers can 0-G/Low-G dance inside, with the flames.

Cirque du Soleil, indeed...

 

[aramis]

Now, use the same technology to make them interactive and programmable on the fly -- as a theatrical stage that one or more performers can 0-G/Low-G dance inside, with the flames.

It's everything you might dream of from a 1980s rock show: the pyrotechnics, the laser show, the smoke machines, the video screens (in 3D), and the entire band being flown in to the stage on wires (without the wires!) all at once!

That's already part of the canon on them.