Why hasn't an "Inertial dampener" been invented yet?

[Nine Tailed Fox]

Just seems like something that could be built regardless of Newton's 3rd law.

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, Nine Tailed Fox said:

regardless of Newton's 3rd law.

read that back, slowly

[Jurrunio]

explain?

[TempestCatto]

You mean like the brakes on a car?

 

Or the break for our sponsor?

[XAIXER]

It'll be useful for Warp Drive.

[Action_Johnson]

"Inertial dampener"

 

Sounds like the same thing as brakes

[WereCat]

38 minutes ago, TempestCatto said:

 

Or the break for our sponsor?

Hold on... that's a content dampener! 

[Worstcaster]

And if they solved that pesky energy to overcome gravity problem, flying cars would be much more economical.

[spartaman64]

you mean like the suspension in cars

inertial dampener ^

[dalekphalm]

15 hours ago, Nine Tailed Fox said:

Just seems like something that could be built regardless of Newton's 3rd law.

So... how?

 

How would you create such a thing? If you can answer that question, you will likely be the richest person alive (or at least very wealthy after having sold the design).

[spartaman64]

11 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

So... how?

 

How would you create such a thing? If you can answer that question, you will likely be the richest person alive (or at least very wealthy after having sold the design).

[Lurick]

13 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

So... how?

 

How would you create such a thing? If you can answer that question, you will likely be the richest person alive (or at least very wealthy after having sold the design).

Because in 'Murica, only the laws of 'Murica apply!

Math and Physics have no place here!

[RAS_3885]

Isn't an inertial dampener just a wave? I mean, the inertia of the water makes everything in its way wet.

 

 

[dalekphalm]

3 minutes ago, RAS_3885 said:

Isn't an inertial dampener just a wave? I mean, the inertia of the water makes everything in its way wet.

... what?

 

Inertia is the exertion of forces - basically, an object with mass always wants to maintain it's current inertia, unless acted upon by external forces.

 

An object at rest wants to remain at rest. An object in motion wants to remain in motion, etc.

 

An "inertial dampener" is technobabble for something that effectively counteracts the effects of changing inertia.

 

So, take a rocket launch, for example. The rocket shoots up, and any cargo (humans or otherwise), want to remain stationary. They are then affected by both the force of being stationary and the force of the rocket moving - forcing themselves downwards - and experiencing G forces.

 

An inertial dampener in SCIFI basically removes G forces, allowing humans to survive maneuvers and velocity changes that would otherwise insta-liquefy a person.

 

For example, imagine going from 0 kph to 10 million kph in 1 second. You'd literally be a puddle. An inertial dampener would allow you to reduce or eliminate the G forces you're experiencing, allowing the vehicle to perform in ways that would normally endanger the cargo.

 

In theory, this could also be used to allow greater acceleration and speed than the vehicle would otherwise be capable of, and perhaps might even assist in FTL technology.

[RAS_3885]

1 minute ago, dalekphalm said:

... what?

 

Inertia is the exertion of forces - basically, an object with mass always wants to maintain it's current inertia, unless acted upon by external forces.

 

An object at rest wants to remain at rest. An object in motion wants to remain in motion, etc.

 

An "inertial dampener" is technobabble for something that effectively counteracts the effects of changing inertia.

 

So, take a rocket launch, for example. The rocket shoots up, and any cargo (humans or otherwise), want to remain stationary. They are then affected by both the force of being stationary and the force of the rocket moving - forcing themselves downwards - and experiencing G forces.

 

An inertial dampener in SCIFI basically removes G forces, allowing humans to survive maneuvers and velocity changes that would otherwise insta-liquefy a person.

 

For example, imagine going from 0 kph to 10 million kph in 1 second. You'd literally be a puddle. An inertial dampener would allow you to reduce or eliminate the G forces you're experiencing, allowing the vehicle to perform in ways that would normally endanger the cargo.

 

In theory, this could also be used to allow greater acceleration and speed than the vehicle would otherwise be capable of, and perhaps might even assist in FTL technology.

Haha, I'm well aware of the concepts of inertia.

 

Even though both damper and dampener are used interchangeable these days (not going to argue which is correct or not because English is silly and cases can be made for both arguments). Dampener is a silly word that I always think of as a thing that makes things wet. Hence the bad joke about waves.

[dalekphalm]

3 minutes ago, RAS_3885 said:

Haha, I'm well aware of the concepts of inertia.

 

Even though both damper and dampener are used interchangeable these days (not going to argue which is correct or not because English is silly and cases can be made for both arguments). Dampener is a silly word that I always think of as a thing that makes things wet. Hence the bad joke about waves.

Well, damper means... more damp.

 

Dampener, on the other hand, is a real word. It means to subdue or reduce. Even though yes, in Scifi, people often use the phrase "inertial damper", even though that's wrong.

[RAS_3885]

2 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Well, damper means... more damp.

 

It also mean a dulling or deadening influence

 

See where this is going? Just google damper vs. dampener and you'll see the rabbit hole of conflicting views.

[Nine Tailed Fox]

1 hour ago, dalekphalm said:

So... how?

 

How would you create such a thing? If you can answer that question, you will likely be the richest person alive (or at least very wealthy after having sold the design).

Just saying. Just build some device to counter act the g forces and feed it enough power equivalent to amount of g's or something like that  lol.

[Kawaii Koneko]

24 minutes ago, Nine Tailed Fox said:

Just build

That's like saying "just defy the laws of physics". 

[WihGlah]

Sure - just build a machine that can create anti-gravitons. Simples

 

 

[Nine Tailed Fox]

Just now, WihGlah said:

Sure - just build a machine that can create anti-gravitons. Simples

 

 

All we need is 1.21gigawatts to build a flux capacitor

[dalekphalm]

50 minutes ago, Nine Tailed Fox said:

Just saying. Just build some device to counter act the g forces and feed it enough power equivalent to amount of g's or something like that  lol.

Using current understanding of physics, the only way to counter act the force would be an equal and opposite force - which would slow you down (or actually just keep you stationary completely). 

 

I mean, sure, that’d be awesome. But it’s currently just fiction. 

[Nine Tailed Fox]

Just now, dalekphalm said:

Using current understanding of physics, the only way to counter act the force would be an equal and opposite force - which would slow you down (or actually just keep you stationary completely). 

 

I mean, sure, that’d be awesome. But it’s currently just fiction. 

But hey I mean it's possible now we can make anti-matter but really small amounts anyways

[CYBR_GHST]

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[Nine Tailed Fox]

Just now, CYBR_GHST said:

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It is an offtopic discussion