http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2008/11/19/when-science-fiction-meets-second-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-science-fiction-meets-second-life Fri, 04 May 2012 14:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2008/11/19/when-science-fiction-meets-second-life/#comment-546 Extra-terrestrials Invade Royal Society – Zoonomian Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:10:51 +0000 http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=1155#comment-546 [...] Apart from radio waves and laser beams, aliens might give themselves away in other ways associated with their use of advanced technologies.  One such technology is the Dyson Sphere.  Proposed by Freeman Dyson, the sphere would be built by advanced civilisations to completely encapsulate their star, and thereby capture or control its energy more efficiently.  Such spheres would glow in the infra-red, and serious Earth-based studies have been made to look for them.  I’ve previously referenced science fiction author Stephen Baxter’s use of the Dyson Sphere in his novel Time Ships (in this blog post). [...] [...] Apart from radio waves and laser beams, aliens might give themselves away in other ways associated with their use of advanced technologies.  One such technology is the Dyson Sphere.  Proposed by Freeman Dyson, the sphere would be built by advanced civilisations to completely encapsulate their star, and thereby capture or control its energy more efficiently.  Such spheres would glow in the infra-red, and serious Earth-based studies have been made to look for them.  I’ve previously referenced science fiction author Stephen Baxter’s use of the Dyson Sphere in his novel Time Ships (in this blog post). [...]

]]> http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2008/11/19/when-science-fiction-meets-second-life/#comment-77 Zoonomian Launches in Second Life – Zoonomian Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:25:45 +0000 http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=1155#comment-77 [...] previously discussed Second Life here, in the context of societies with boundless resource; and most recently here, when I first bought [...] [...] previously discussed Second Life here, in the context of societies with boundless resource; and most recently here, when I first bought [...]

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