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Copyright February 25th, 2007 Hudson Net Newswires (Cleared for redistribution with HNN News credit)
"Time Traveler" Arrived In Columbus' Future
by P.J. Adames
In the future a time traveler arrived to explain the physics of his patented time machine, believe it or not. That future was this month, Sunday, February 18th at 7PM at The Vault in downtown Columbus, Ohio. If my mixture of past and future tense confused you, now you know what it was like to be dazzled by the jargon of temporal physics that evening. The time traveler's name was Ronald L. Mallett http://www.physics.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/main.htm and he is the author of the Avalon book, Time Traveler: A Scientist's Personal Mission to Make Time Travel a Reality http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1560258691/ref=sr_11_1/104-2093729-1661539?ie=UTF8 .
The University of Connecticut physics professor presented his theories and work surrounding the patent that he has been awarded for his design for a machine that may lead to the first act of time travel, after he was introduced by The Thought of Infinity think tank member Marshall Barnes, who is already known locally for his research into such areas, and has of late reportedly developed a working prototype for warp drive that has gotten the attention of a number of scientists and even Eugene Roddenberry, son of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. A video tape of a test of that prototype was shown that included evidence that it produces an acceleration that is invisible to radar http://press.xtvworld.com/article11448.html . That was part of his presentation letting people see what kinds of things that the Thought of Infinity think tank is involved with and their commitment to promoting cutting edge research "worthy of the title of '21st century', which is why the group brought Mallett to town. Marshall also showed computer animation that they have in development that was an example of a new way of playing games and making CGI movies simultaneously, where the player directs the action of the onscreen images in real time, producing movie action sequences on the level of Star Wars space dog fights without editing.
Columbus has long had a reputation for experimentation and research and development in many areas of technology, communications and marketing, making it a perfect fit for Mallett's visit. The lecture was held at The Vault, 35 E. Gay St. in downtown Columbus, OH www.vaultbanquets.com and was presented in part by the Robert Weiler Company http://rweiler.com and sponsored by Grandview Chiropractic
http://www.cols-yellowpages.com/clients/32569.html , XLN Systems http://xlnsystems.com/ , Norka Futon http://www.norkafuton.com , and the Crowne Plaza Hotel www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/cmhoc/ . The group of fifty or so attendees were attentive and included a number of high school physics students. Many spent more than an half an hour asking questions after Mallett's presentation, which included a showing of a BBC documentary that features him, The World's First Time Machine
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5896048467372201322&q=%22time+travel%22 . Most of the questions centered around Einstein's general theory of relativity and how Mallett plans on using it, via a rotating laser configuration http://www.physics.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/time_travel.htm , to twist space and thus time, to create a connection with the moment that the machine is turned on that will provide a pathway to that moment for the future, and thus time travel toward the past from that moment foward.
As for actual time travel, we will have to wait until Mallett gets the rest of the needed funding for his project that will test the basic theories behind his patented design. He needs about $250,000. The University of Connecticut has set-up a special funding foundation to handle contributions toward the research http://www.physics.uconn.edu/~mallett/main/funding.htm . Maybe they should give Oprah a call.
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