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For questions about the creation, use, and application of all types of technology.
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In what ways could a society that has rejected guns continue to improve on the Crossbow?
The issue with crossbows is the loading and powering mechanism. Assault rifles are self loading and the ammo is self powered. With crossbows this is not so easy. There are things like repeating crossb …
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How could hackers cause mass destruction to major cities using existing satellites?
Sattelites control a much larger part of technology than you would think nowadays. Even just shutting them off could disrupt parts of the Internet, GPS, telephone, and media communications. …
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Why would a dragon prefer to pilot a fighter plane?
Convenience and speed.
Unless your dragon has some magical powers helping it along, there is no way she ever could achieve the same speeds as a fighter plane.
Also, who doesn't prefer driving a car …
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How to prevent crew from accidentally teleporting oneself outside a spaceship with portal gun?
Training, training, and some more training.
Just like today's guns can near instantly "teleport" a bullet into someones brain, these guns can be instantly lethal when used incorrectly. The staff using …
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How could humans control a body made of nanobots?
Now due to their technology level, I would assume their AI is very advanced and capable of simulating complex emotions. … But I'll handwave this for now as I don't know how small their technology can be. Effectively the storage will be needed in each bot, but computing power can be shared throughout bots. …
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How can space cop arrest the suspicious spacecraft moving at sub-luminal velocity?
The problem with flying criminals is even worse than with driving criminals. They can literally go in any direction, so unless you can surround them well and truly (something nearly impossible at thos …
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How to prevent ship's AI from initiating self destruct sequence regardless of captain's perm...
To add to Joe Bloggs answer: a separate detonation circuit unconnected to the AI is a must.
As for the workings, you could have human preservation protocols. The self destruct cannot activate unless …
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How bright and lit up could cities be in the future?
Yes, this is very much possible. However, at the same time unlikely at the scale you point out.
First of all, as pointed out by L.Dutch, an overload of harsh bright light is increasingly uncomfortabl …
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Feasibility of making a imploding bomb
As other answers pointed out, this is possible when the bomb is enclosed by water or earth, but not so much in open air. I would like to try a different approach, which doesn't nearly so what you stat …
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How hard is it to ruin the Earth permanently?
If we can't have it, you can't have it either!
This is exactly the level of petty that the human race is, and if faced with an unwinnable war and insurmountable opposition, this is exactly what I woul …
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