"In modern string theory, dark energy [also called the cosmological constant] is the energy stored in empty space, where pairs of matter and anti-matter particles are spontaneously created and annihilated," said Baylor researcher Gerald Cleaver.
"When the cosmological constant is positive, dark energy is literally pushing space itself apart. When it is negative, then space is contracting. So by arranging the cosmological constant to be positive behind the ship and negative in front of the ship, it should be possible to travel distances that would ordinarily need faster-than-light speeds, even though the ship itself does not exceed the speed of light."
The only downside? The amount of dark energy needed to power such a device is equivalent in size to the mass of the planet Jupiter. In time though researchers believe they can reduce the amount of energy needed to warp space. "Early calculations indicated that a warp drive would require more mass energy than was available in the entire universe," Obousy said. "Later, a more ingenious calculation demonstrated that it would require about the mass energy contained within an entire galaxy. What is exciting about our warp drive paradigm is that we have further reduced the energy requirement to the total mass energy contained in a typical gas giant--the planet Jupiter, for example."
Deadpool Movie is a Go>> 02:19 AM - Tom YodaBlues Colarusso ( 8 comments ) After watching the horror that was X-Men Origins: Wolverine this weekend, count me unimpressed. Then again, Ryan Reynolds is confirmed and he nailed it for the 10 minutes he was in it.
"Fresh off the muscular performance of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" at the boxoffice, Fox has thrown into development a spinoff featuring Deadpool, the wise-cracking mercenary played in the film by Ryan Reynolds.
Reynolds is attached to reprise the character for what for now is simply being called "Deadpool." Lauren Shuler Donner and Marvel Studios would act as producers. "
It be interesting, it wasn't so damned depressing.
Oracle Buys Sun for 7.4b>> 04:23 AM - Tom YodaBlues Colarusso ( 6 comments ) After the IBM deal fell through, I knew it was only a matter of time before someone got them. This puts Java, mySQL, and Solaris under the domain of the enterprise database giant.
From Pirates to Little Sisters>> 06:13 AM - Tom YodaBlues Colarusso ( 5 comments ) Gore Verbinkski has apparently left production of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film to focus on other projects, including the upcoming Bioshock movie. Not much has been released regarding the Bioshock film, other than the script is currently in development by John Logan, writer of The Last Samurai (Woo!) and Star Trek: Nemesis (Ah crap).
Bioshock is scheduled for release in 2010 from Universal Pictures.
