Anonymous ID: d5385b Dec. 20, 2019, 2 p.m. No.7574460   🗄️.is 🔗kun

May the force-field be with you: Boeing granted patent for 'shock wave attenuation'

 

Boeing has been granted a patent for a force field-like defense system, leading excited sci-fi fans to herald the advent of something previously seen only in the realms of "Star Wars" or "Star Trek."

Filed in 2012, the USPTO has granted the aerospace giant a patent for a "method and system for shockwave attenuation via electromagnetic arc."

 

On first look, it seems that they're onto something similar to "Star Wars'" deflector shields. The patent describes a system that would detect the shockwave from a nearby explosion and create an area of ionized air – a plasma field – between the oncoming blast and the vehicle it was protecting.

The method works, says the patent, "by heating a selected region of the first fluid medium rapidly to create a second, transient medium that intercepts the shockwave and attenuates its energy density before it reaches a protected asset."

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/23/tech/boeing-shock-wave-attenuation-patent/index.html