Imitation black hole.

[thomas c 0]

http://io9.com/5652229/imitation-black-hole-created-on-earth-using-lasers-and-pure-glass?ref=nf

Any thoughts on this, i would really like some input.

Edited October 18, 2010 by Rellikki

[andersson 285]

I like to read about things like that, but I'm not educated enough to give some valid input :) Thank you for the link though!

[thomas c 0]

your input is valid.thank you :)

[Richey79 10]

Pretty cool.

Since it's only an 'optical illusion', I wonder whether it is a step closer to someone being able to verify Hawking's theory that time effectively slows down closer to the gravitational pull of the singularity http://www.geekosystem.com/stephen-hawking-how-to-build-a-time-machine/. I'm guessing probably not, if this is only an optical phenomenon, even if it is able to produce 'Hawking radiation'.

The suggestion of combining a black and white hole sounds a lot like Portal. Valve using Italian physicists' work as viral marketing for their forthcoming sequel?:don 14:

Edited October 4, 2010 by Richey79

[jeza 5416]

To help those who are not sure about the quantom theroy and other cosmos stuff i suggest your search for Michio Kaku, he is a truly wonderful scientist and breaks it down for you. Nice post matey

[4 IN 1 0]

Pretty cool.

Since it's only an 'optical illusion', I wonder whether it is a step closer to someone being able to verify Hawking's theory that time effectively slows down closer to the gravitational pull of the singularity http://www.geekosystem.com/stephen-hawking-how-to-build-a-time-machine/. I'm guessing probably not, if this is only an optical phenomenon, even if it is able to produce 'Hawking radiation'.

The suggestion of combining a black and white hole sounds a lot like Portal. Valve using Italian physicists' work as viral marketing for their forthcoming sequel?:don 14:

Acturally, the effect of a gravitational fields on time is more a fact then myth

And something more interesting then a wall of words: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FpwPIFzXBo4

Edited October 14, 2010 by 4 IN 1

[Richey79 10]

Nice link, 4 IN 1, I'm a big fan of Brian Cox's TV stuff and missed that when it was on.

Amazing that Einstein came up with such ideas about the nature of time and space, working when he was. Must have seemed like total fantasy to most people.

He had a great way with words, too. "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it seems like two hours - that's relativity."