Pseudogravity That Bends Light Just Like Real Gravity Created by Engineers in a Laboratory
Researchers studying photonic crystals say they have successfully created a form of pseudogravity that bends light just like real gravity. The new technique could have a dramatic effect on advanced communication technologies like 6G, as well as other applications in optics and materials science that could benefit from a no-contact method of manipulating light.
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So this is complex refraction, not any form of gravity?
Crystals With No Relation To Gravity Whatsoever Produce A Similar Effect To One Of The Things Gravity Does (They Bend Light) doesn't roll off the tongue
I would gladly accept the extended headline in place of such an asinine misguidance.
Thank you. I did say that out loud and it was very funny.
Consider eyeglasses. I have very thick glasses that help me focus by using lenses with different refraction than surrounding air to bend the light. Do I use pseudo-gravity to see?
Then most of the article is about really cool functionality described similar to some electronics basic operations that could potentially grow into logic gates or switches, which would be very cool, and still has nothing to do with gravity.
And "without contact"?
I dont know, but i think light has to pass through something for refraction to actually mean anything
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Is it any more egregious than the Higgs boson being called the "god particle?"
The media got it from the title of his book
Lederman explains in the book why he gave the Higgs boson the nickname "The God Particle":
MythBusters: Confirmed. Media of the time did indeed force the name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_God_Particle_(book)
Yes I read the Wikipedia article too. My point is that colorful, non-scientific language has been used to describe scientific principles.
Haha is that true?
goddamn
the real question here is will it provide us with gravity plates in our starships?
Not likely