Wires 2
I hate wires. Look at this picture beneath my desk at my computer:
I have previously posted an article about the Vuduri and wires but it is time to revisit the concept. In the world of Rome's Revolution, the Vuduri have abolished the concept of wires.
All communication between instruments is performed using electro-magnetic signals in the exahertz band. Most equipment is self-powered using local Casimir Pumps but memrons, the tiny computing units which couple together to form OMCOM and the like are forbidden from having access to Casimir Pumps. So how do they receive their power?
I postulated that in the 35th century, the Vuduri have invented a thermocouple-like device which is ultra-efficient. It converts microwave radiation into electricity which then powers the memrons. As such, they are always contained within a mesh-work Faraday cage so that people don't get irradiated.
Why is this important? Because near the end of The Milk Run, Junior has to come up with a method of tripling the power being fed to his memrons. He can't just up the amount of microwave radiation because the thermocouples are already running at max efficiency. So he comes up with the concept of creating polarized microwaves. He uses circular polarization to make one stream go clockwise and the other go counter-clockwise. It works pretty well until he shuts off the new beams. What happens then? You'll have to wait for the novel to find out.
I have previously posted an article about the Vuduri and wires but it is time to revisit the concept. In the world of Rome's Revolution, the Vuduri have abolished the concept of wires.
All communication between instruments is performed using electro-magnetic signals in the exahertz band. Most equipment is self-powered using local Casimir Pumps but memrons, the tiny computing units which couple together to form OMCOM and the like are forbidden from having access to Casimir Pumps. So how do they receive their power?
I postulated that in the 35th century, the Vuduri have invented a thermocouple-like device which is ultra-efficient. It converts microwave radiation into electricity which then powers the memrons. As such, they are always contained within a mesh-work Faraday cage so that people don't get irradiated.
Why is this important? Because near the end of The Milk Run, Junior has to come up with a method of tripling the power being fed to his memrons. He can't just up the amount of microwave radiation because the thermocouples are already running at max efficiency. So he comes up with the concept of creating polarized microwaves. He uses circular polarization to make one stream go clockwise and the other go counter-clockwise. It works pretty well until he shuts off the new beams. What happens then? You'll have to wait for the novel to find out.
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