I am the inventor of the Plazatron. I invented the Plazatron when I was in the seventh grade -- or at least that is when I first conceived of the idea. This was the result of a science project I did entitled "Radioactive Ray Propulsion." The science project proposed a method of using lasers and plasma as a propulsion system. Although I was too young and did not have the resources to develop this idea, it was viewed by military personnel who interviewed me about the science project. Now why do you suppose the military would be interested in a seventh grader's science project!
Perhaps ideas do not belong to anyone. You certainly cannot patent an idea. Ideas may be considered the things of dreams and imagination. An idea is just a thought or vision of what could be. It take much experimentation to figure out how to actually turn an idea into reality.
Plasma beams and their application have been under investigation for at least 50 to 100 years. Certainly I am not the first to imagine "ray guns." Indeed, H. G. Wells imagined aliens with heat rays in his classic War of the Worlds. Yes, I have been an avid reader of Sci-Fi since as a child I first read H. G. Wells and Jules Vern. Perhaps my idea for the creation of a Plazatron stems from my fasciantion with science fiction.
Certainly it is possible to make a Plazatron. The principle that I imagined as a child involves using a laser to create a vacuum, a hole that expands at the rate light travels such that when a plasma is introduced it is swept into the vacuum and fills the void, particles accelerating and hence producing a high energy "ray" or "beam" which can be used as a form of propulsion. Of course what I did not realize as a child is that particles have significant mass and velocity and that the laws of Physics state that particles will remain in motion in a straight line unless acted upon by outside forces. Hence for a high energy particle beam or Plazatron to work it must involve a system of particle accelleration such that the particles are given an impulse to move in the direction one desires or targets.
Accellerating subatomic particles is not easy. It takes a great deal of energy and massive systems. The first subatomic particle accellerators were called cyclotrons and involved using strong magnets to direct electrically charged particles to spiral around and around as they gained velocity. Later both linear particle accelerators and synchrotrons were developed which took the particles injected from a cyclotron or linear particle beam accelerator and sent them hurling along through a series of increasingling powerful magnetic and electric field pulses to result in increasingly high speeds. Although these have been used essentially for basic research, such high power beams of energy have application in weapons technology, what has often been called Star Wars technology.
The Plazatron is essentially an instrument for accellerating electrically charged particles to high speeds that uses computer technology to enable minerazation of the instruments involved, such that such sustems may be employed as defense weapons systems. Of course any defensive weapon can also be used offensively to attack and destroy a preceived enemy.
The Plazatron represents a technology which could make nuclear missiles or ICMB obsolete. Hence this is a technology which should be developed. When fully perfected and operational a Plazatron would be able to direct a particle beam at thousands of targets almost instantaneously. Hence in theory the launch of thousands of missiles could be detected and destroyed.
The Plazatrons would depend upon a system of space based satellites to detect missil launches and target high energy plasma beams. These beams would be so powerful they would literally vaporize anything they hit. This would also enable defense of satellites against nuclear missiles launched from earth. It would also create a Star Wars race, such that the only way to destroy a preceived enemies space based weapons system would be by use of a Plazatron.
I began experimenting with plasmas when I was in junior high school. The first plasma I made was created using a simple carbon vapor lamp. This involved taking two carbon rods, insolating them and mounting them in a ceramic vase, then bringing the sharpened points together to produce an arc of carbon vapor. The circuit I used to power the device was very simple and essentially involved connecting a toaster in series with a carbon arc.
Actually I made a resistor from nichrome wire (taken from a toaster), which I wrapped around a ceramic vase or flower pot and connected in series with the carbon arc. Thus when the two carbon rods are touched together, the resistor heated up to prevent a short circuit and blowing of fuses, as the carbon rods got red hot, vaporizing carbon to produce a plasma and spark or arching which glowed intensely bright! My first such carbon arc plasma lamp was made using carbon rods that I removed from batteries. Later I used pure carbon rods designed for using is real carbon vapor lamps that were obtained from Sigma Scientific Company.
My second plasma device was created using a high voltage transformer of the type use by neon sign shops. This transformer had a stepped up rating of 15,000 volts (110 volt primary: 15KV secondary at 30ma). You can buy neon sign transformers on eBay; the older variety suitable for operating a Tesla coil or making a Jacob's Ladder type spark are suitable for science projects of this type. It was a very lethal device and I don't recommend playing around with such devices to children. I had a very good understanding of electricity even at a young age and was always extremely careful in my experiments so as to avoid any contact with high voltage sources. I was reading books on basic electronic in the seventh grade and building solar powered radios and other devices from Bell Laboratory Kits at an early age. I also took a college level course in electronics taught by IBM when I was in high school. So I understood basic electronics and knew how to read schematics and build electric circuits when I was in junior high school, always maintaining emphasis on safety when I worked with high voltage. I also was a avid reader of the "Amateur Scientist" section of Scientific America magazine and devoured its articles from cover to cover. I was especially interested in any articles related to lasers or maser.
These high voltage devices can kill the careless person instantly so beware and do NOT try this experiment at home. Even adults can get killed by these high voltage transformers. They are NOT a toy! I always used long insolated glass rods, rubber tubes or wooden dowls to manipulate electrodes and even then would avoid contact with any wires or elcetrodes when the electricity was turned on.
Using a high voltage transformer I created plasmas using various solutions such as sodium chloride and water contained in a tube or Petri dish. The idea is to create an arc between the solution and an electrod. This results in the solution being heated and vaporized exciting the atoms, in this case sodium, such that a bright yellow light is created, what is essentially a sodium vapor arc light. Because the high voltage transformer enables a long arc, this enables creation of a rather spectacular, large glowing plasma.
These early experiments with plasma were reported in high school science projects and won me a degree of recognition at an early age. However, I did not own a vacuum pump which is necessary if one wants to do any serious experimenting with plasmas. Usage of a vacuum pump enables you to create glowing plasmas which are in effect much like the neon lamps displays one sees using in light advertising. This is also an application which may be used by artist and has resulted in some interesting work by a number of individuals.
I mention these early experiments because it shows how easy it is to create a plasma. In fact, any sparking of electricty involves the creation of a plasma. By using higher voltage it is possible to increase the size of the arc and vaporize almost any chemical to thus produce plasmas with different colors. For example, a bright yellow light is produced using a sodium chloride plasma. If one used a solution containing copper salts a bright green glowing plasma may be produced.
Using plasma to create an ionic propulsion system is relatively easy. In fact any tourch is really a plasma. Even a candle may be regarded as a plasma. When hot gases burn this is basically a plasma. To turn a plasma into a system of propulsion one simply has to control the rate of burning and expulsion of gases such that a controlled burning is enabled. If the buring is too rapid an explosion results. This is basically how all rockets work.
An ionic propullsion system involves using ionized particles, heating them up and expelling them in a controlled manner such as to result in an equal and opposite force which can be used to propell an object. This is the basic idea behind my early science project related to "Radioactiove Ray Propulsion." Although I did not do any experiments using radioactive material beyond that which may have been available by scraping the luminous material off an alarm clock, still I was able to demonstrate the principles using items that were readilly available.
If any kid can assemble the equipment to make a plasma, imagine what hostile governments can do. Plasmas can be used to make high energy lasers which can knock out the optics which many satellites use for survelliance or to burn out the solar cells which are used to power satellites and the Internationa Space Station. Because this technology can be developed by anyone who invests the time, money and manpower into the project, it is vital that the United States take a lead in this effort. Otherwise hostile nations could gain the means to destroy our satellites upon which much of our communication and weapons systems are based.
The other reason that the United States should invest in creating Plazatron technology is because this has application in defending against nuclear attack via missiles launched by a hostile nation. North Korea and Iran come to mind. The problem is that nuclear weapons technology is not going to be limited to these hostile nations. As soon as Iran gets nuclear weapons it is likely to disperse them to other Arab nations and soon the United States, Israel and our other allies will be faced with nuclear missiles pointed at us from a number of directions, perhaps controlled by Islamic Fundamentalist suicide bombers who believe that to destory the United States is how they can get into heaven and earn the reward of a harem of virgins.
This ideology is really sick and indicates the perversion of Islem which is being promoted by Islamic fundamentalists. It is also very scary and represents a genuine threat as was illustrated by the attack on America on 9/11. We must not take this treat lightly and must invest in all defense technologies.
I am actively promoting the Plazatron as a defense technology. I want to raise awareness and need everyone to help me do this. Please buy Plazatron: Plasma Laser Defense System gifts and apparel. It is vital to the security of the United States that people become aware of this issue and that we invest in developing Plazatron technology. Otherwise we could be destroyed by hostile nations armed with nuclear weapons and motivated by such ideologies as Islamic fundamentalism and/or communist expansion and world domination..
The United States is viewed as a threat to other nations like North Korea and Iran because we are a free nation dominated by Christians and ruled by the people. Yet we are viewed much like animals to Islamic fundamentalist. Blowing up Americans is viewed as martydom by Islamic fundamentalist. It is their key to heaven. This is why we must stop dilly dalling around wasting our resources on trying fighting car bombers in Iraq and invest our money in building real security systems. We need to secure our airports and harbors against nuclear attack by terrorists. And we need to develop a Plazatron: Plasma Laser Defense System to secure our nation against a massive nuclear attack!
If I could make plasmas and understand how these could be used when in high school, certainly those with the resources to develop this technology could do so. The question is, will the United States lead the way in Plazatron research and development, or will this be done by another nation? Whoever is the first to develop and deploy such technology will certainly come to rule the world.
I suggest that the United States along with our allies share Plazatron technology, develop and deploy this technology together. In this way the United States and other free nations will be able to rule and spread freedom around the world to all nations who want to join with us in the march toward freedom and liberty for all peoples.
It is true that freedom isn't free. We much have the means to secure and maintain freedom. Otherwise we can be destroyed by anyother nation which has a superior technology. That is what is boils down to and this is why developing Plazatron technology is vital. This is why we should be spending hundreds of billions of dollars to develop Plazatrons instead of wasting our resources bogged down in a civil war in Iraq. And because Iran is rapidly moving toward becoming a nuclear power, which will have the ability to arm terrorist with nuclear devices, this is why we must develop defensive technologies and take action to secure all our ports, both air and seaports.
Freedom isn't free. There is a price for freedom in lives and money. But if we spend the money now to develop Plazatron technology we can save lives later. This is why I hope everyone will take seriously the promotion a Plazatron: Plasma Laser Defense System. Please, help make people aware of Plazatron technology and support the development of Plazatrons. Thank you for your patronage and support!
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