A colony ship, or generation ship, is a spaceship designed for interstellar travels whose duration spreads over several generations. Then, it’s not the original astronauts but their descendant who will reach the destination of the voyage. Voyage which … Lire la suite... |
Tag: Technology
Dico S.F. – Vessel
In medicine, vessels are “pipes” transporting the blood in an organism. We distinguish “arteries” (which transport blood from the heart to the organs) and “veins” (from the organs to the heart).
In science fiction, a vessel is an artificial vehicle… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Distrans
In the Hyperion’s universe by Dan Simmons, distrans is a term designating the technology allowing the instantaneous travels between the worlds of the Retz. The distrans had been invented by the A.I. and serve them as a support to live.… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Ablative armour
Concept invented at the end of the Star Trek: Voyager series, the ablative armour designates a supplemental spaceship hull which is designed to spread and soften energetic weapon shoots. When the hull is hit, it vaporises in part, reducing the … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
The nanoscience and nanotechnology (N.S.T.) group all the scientific and technological studies at the nanometre scale (billionth of meter). The nanoscience are interested in the study of matter and artificial structures to this scale. The nanotechnology takes care… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Nanite
Nanite is a generic term designating a nanobot, an artificial machine conceived at the nanometre scale (billionth of meter). See: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Examples : The Borg assimilation nanites in Star Trek The age accelerating nanites in Stargate SG-1,… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Terraforming
The terraforming is a process by which the ecosystem (atmosphere, vegetation…) of a planet or exoplanet is transformed to be suitable to human life. This process takes generally several centuries. The official (and more general) term for terraforming is “… Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Teleportation (technology)
Teleportation is a technique allowing the almost instantaneous transport of objects or people from a location to another without any locomotion tool. Generally, the technique consists to dematerialise this object, transport its image by energetic beam, then rematerialise the object … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Hologram
In the field of physics, holography is a photography process giving three-dimensional illusion. When you see an hologram, you have the impression to see a volume in suspension in the air. In science fiction, this term is generalised to all … Lire la suite... |
Dico S.F. – Neutronium
In the field of physics, the word neutronium designates a degenerated state of matter existing only in neutron stars. With the extreme pressure and temperature conditions that prevail, atoms can’t no longer exist, electrons merging with protons. It only remains … Lire la suite... |
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