Shoutbox

Of course, you can actually make light travel faster than c (the speed of "light" in a vacuum) see here.

The idea is that only things with mass are subject to relativistic effects. The general proof for this is:


And the proof that nothing with mass can travel at the speed of light:
E(kinetic) = ½mv² . Since m->[infinity]; as v²->c², E(kinetic) -> [infinity]; as v²->c².

Of course, if you were to convert mass into a stream of information and then broadcast it as an electromagnetic wave, re-synthesising it  at the other end (you'd need to make use of Heisenberg compensators) - then you'd be able to travel at the speed of light, or faster through the super-materials mentioned in the first article above.

---

It's a shame really, I had my AH Physics test today and none of this came up .