You may have seen a recent Forbes article about the improved translation capabilities of Facebook’s AI. Great news—perhaps there will be no more Google-generated “word salad” for those of us who have friends scattered around the globe. This is exactly what we want from our thinking machines: innovation that speeds and eases our lives. Unfortunately,…
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12th September 2018Generation Ships
31st August 2018In the two previous installments of our series on interstellar ships, we looked at sleep ships and faster-than-light ships. Both of these ship concepts rely on technologies that have not yet been invented, and many scientists think they never will be. Superluminal drives seem to be possible in theory, but even the most optimistic fans…
Faster-Than-Light Ships
12th July 2018To travel to other planets, we will need to overcome the vast distances of interstellar space. Science fiction authors have suggested three major solutions; the sleep ship, the generational ship, and the subject of today’s examination, the faster-than-light ship. The engines of these ships, known in scientific parlance as “superluminal’ or “FTL” drives, are usually…