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Posts Tagged ‘Zero Point Module’

Money (and Energy) for Nothing

Zero Point ModuleOn the TV series Stargate Atlantis, the current installment from the Stargate franchise, a device small enough to be held in your hands provides the energy for an entire city. Called a Zero Point Module, the device glows with golden light and produces an almost unlimited supply of clean energy. But it seems that the ZPM is an unrealistic little gizmo because it somehow creates energy from… well, nothing, and therefore, the thing belongs in a prop room shelved somewhere between the Flux Capacitor and the One Ring. But what if it was real?

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August 25th, 2008 Tags: Casimir effect, Stargate Atlantis, Vacuum, Zero Point Energy, Zero Point Module
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