Will we develop anything faster than Radio Waves?

[Coldkilla]

Future long range space travel, radio messages (to for example: mars) could take up to 40 minutes to travel in one direction.

Is it possible to send a audible signal with different means? I'm just wondering. (Just watched "The Universe" and was inspired).

Edited out part with EM waves and wavelength. (4-21, 3:13am cst)

 

[jpeyton]

Wormholes.

 

[her209]

Grivitons

 

[mitchel]

Tachyons.

 

[FleshLight]

Strawberry Waves

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Subspace Telepathy

 

[Perknose]

UPS ground.

 

[Farang]

Yuiopertas radiation

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Perknose
UPS ground.

:laugh:

 

[BradAtWork]

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
I know through the electromagnetic spectrum radio waves have the highest wavelength, but for future long range space travel, radio messages (to for example: mars) could take up to 40 minutes to travel in one direction.

Is it possible to send a audible signal with different means? I'm just wondering. (Just watched "The Universe" and was inspired).

Wavelength has nothing to do with velocity if that's what you're saying. All electomagnetic waves have the same speed in the same mediam. The fastest being a vacuum.

Nothing can travel faster that an electromatic wave in a vacuum.

So like people said, wormhole or compress space and move through that at sub light speeds. (Warp Drive for the trek fans out there).

 

[ed21x]

in the future, we'd probably still use radio waves to communicate with satellites, which will then use lasers to transmit to other satellites in synchronised orbit, which will transmit to radio waves again at some other destination, remember, you heard it here first

 

[PottedMeat]

We're pretty low on the tech tree right now. We still need to develop:

Space Scanners -> Fusion Beams -> Tachyon Communication

We'll be able to communicate with ships within 3 parsecs!

It will be a while before we get hyperspace communications ( along with that sweet sweet mauler device ).

 

[Coldkilla]

Forget I said anything.. UPS Ground, HA I shoulda seen that one coming.

Any serious projects being theorized right now? (Links?)

So essentially the "worm hole" thing is all we have to go on? If so then I have no real hope for that in the near future (50-100 years).

What about transmitting data through light? That not possible? I thought I heard about computer chips in the future using multiple mirrors inside of processors using lasers to transmit data.

 

[Baked]

Female orgasm. Oh wait...

 

[BradAtWork]

Originally posted by: ed21x
in the future, we'd probably still use radio waves to communicate with satellites, which will then use lasers to transmit to other satellites in synchronised orbit, which will transmit to radio waves again at some other destination, remember, you heard it here first

That doesnt make any sence. radio waves and lasers travel at the same speed.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: BradAtWork

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
I know through the electromagnetic spectrum radio waves have the highest wavelength, but for future long range space travel, radio messages (to for example: mars) could take up to 40 minutes to travel in one direction.

Is it possible to send a audible signal with different means? I'm just wondering. (Just watched "The Universe" and was inspired).

Wavelength has nothing to do with velocity if that's what you're saying. All electomagnetic waves have the same speed in the same mediam. The fastest being a vacuum.

Nothing can travel faster that an electromatic wave in a vacuum.

So like people said, wormhole or compress space and move through that at sub light speeds. (Warp Drive for the trek fans out there).

Is that anything like an electromagnetic wave? :laugh:

 

[Coldkilla]

So theres no way to transmit data through light then ey? Damn... Wellp, Warp Drives are just as likely as teleporters.

 

[BradAtWork]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer

Originally posted by: BradAtWork

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
I know through the electromagnetic spectrum radio waves have the highest wavelength, but for future long range space travel, radio messages (to for example: mars) could take up to 40 minutes to travel in one direction.

Is it possible to send a audible signal with different means? I'm just wondering. (Just watched "The Universe" and was inspired).

Wavelength has nothing to do with velocity if that's what you're saying. All electomagnetic waves have the same speed in the same mediam. The fastest being a vacuum.

Nothing can travel faster that an electromatic wave in a vacuum.

So like people said, wormhole or compress space and move through that at sub light speeds. (Warp Drive for the trek fans out there).

Is that anything like an electromagnetic wave? :laugh:

Kinda.

 

[Coldkilla]

I just read this: http://www.santafenewmexican.c...avel_faster_than_light

Does that have merit? Just force Radio waves to travel faster?

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: BradAtWork

Originally posted by: ed21x
in the future, we'd probably still use radio waves to communicate with satellites, which will then use lasers to transmit to other satellites in synchronised orbit, which will transmit to radio waves again at some other destination, remember, you heard it here first

That doesnt make any sence. radio waves and lasers travel at the same speed.

they do??? :Q

 

[frostedflakes]

Originally posted by: Coldkilla
So theres no way to transmit data through light then ey? Damn... Wellp, Warp Drives are just as likely as teleporters.

OP, you might want to read up on electromagnetic waves on Wikipedia. Light, microwaves, radiowaves, are all electromagnetic waves of different wavelength. And all electromagnetic waves travel at the speed of light in a vacuum.

 

[Amused]

Communicate in gossip and use women as the medium. Nothing travels faster.

 

[Mrvile]

First seven responses were classic

 

[BradAtWork]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: BradAtWork

Originally posted by: ed21x
in the future, we'd probably still use radio waves to communicate with satellites, which will then use lasers to transmit to other satellites in synchronised orbit, which will transmit to radio waves again at some other destination, remember, you heard it here first

That doesnt make any sence. radio waves and lasers travel at the same speed.

they do??? :Q

Yeah, they're the same thing. Light is just a higher frequency.

 

[Colt45]

RF can't go faster than light. Because they're both electromagnetic radiation. So if it takes 40 minutes for your light to get from A-B, (assuming there's no loss and it actually gets there) it takes just as long to send RF at 100kHz, or 1GHz, or.. whatever.