"When forced to summarize the general theory of relativity in one sentence: Time and space and gravitation have no separate existence from matter. ... Physical objects are not in space, but these objects are spatially extended ... thus the concept of particles cannot play a fundamental part, ... and can only appear as a limited region in space in which the field strength or energy density are particularly high."
(Albert Einstein, Metaphysics of Relativity, 1950)
"It is my firm belief that the last seven decades of the twentieth century will be characterized in history as the dark ages of theoretical physics. ... The quantum world is a world of waves, not particles."
(Carver Mead, Professor Emeritus at Caltech. Received $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize in 1999)
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Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 728 Location: Planet Earth, Milky Way, Universe, Infinite Space. Status: Endangered Species. Cause: Ignorance
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:04 am Post subject: Slowing Down the Velocity of Light: Resonance and Waves |
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Hi all,
I just read an interesting article about 'slowing down' the velocity of light.
In reality the velocity of light does not change (well not much!) , but using resonance you can cause the bound electron (in atom / molecule) to stay longer in its higher energy wave function before it resonantly couples with another electron and passes on the 'photon' of light.
"To delay the signals, the light passes through a "microring resonator," which is a waveguide looped into several circles rather than a straight line. Because the light has to travel much farther than it would if the waveguide directly connected two points, the data traffic can be buffered."
http://news.com.com/IBM+slows+down+light+signals+in+chips/2100-1008-6145150.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703
It is curious / strange that they talk about wave guides and resonance, yet seem oblivious to the obvious conclusion, that both light and matter are wave structures.
Just shows how powerful the idea of the discrete 'particle' is, how this blinds us to the most obvious simple solution of the wave structure of matter (WSM).
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northjetty
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Is anyone working on how to revolutionize the computer design industry with the knowledge of the wsm? I wonder what sort of new design could stem from the consideration of the wsm ssw?
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Search Carver Mead.
There is a quote of his at top of this forum, and another good quote on his wikipedia page (I put it there!).
His book Collective Electrodynamics is based on using coherence of electrons (wave structures) to build better microcircuits.
And Mike Harney has also done some good work (he is a member of this forum - we keep in touch a bit).
Mike has the attitude that it is through building better devices using WSM principles that will ultimately force world to take WSM seriously.
Cheers,
Geoff |
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Aireal
Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 211 Location: Mayfield, Kentucky. U.S.A.
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If I can find the reference again, I will post it.
In the early part of this century in England there was a man who invented a microscope which had the resolution of modern electron microscopes, but used light instead. This allowed him to view live viruses, something we can not do today.
He used waveguides and resonance to achieve this. When he died, vandals broke in and destroyed all his work. The shattered microscope is on display in a museum in England, but is damaged so badly that we do not have a clue as to how he achieved this. |
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Rob Peritz
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Hi Aireal,
I think you may be referring to Mr. Royal Rife here. I suggest that everyone read these two links as they do indeed relate to any and all modern scientific research, including the WSM.
http://rifehealth.com/_wsn/page2.html
http://rifehealth.com/_wsn/page3.html
“There are reasons why humanity is blind and stupid and the reasons are not always natural. It seems that we are our own worse enemy when it comes to discovering the Dynamic Unity of Reality.” -(Rob Peritz)
take care
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