1 $\begingroup$ Requirements for the force field: It must be resistant to all small arms fire, melee weapons, some explosives, and be able to prevent any damage to the user from these weapons. It houses a number of incredibly advanced robotic laser guns. Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Obviously, the ones you can build now can only track moderate size objects (perhaps only if tagged with IR tape) moving at moderate speeds, and the lasers do nothing other than add a red dot! However, ballistic shields are instead used in situations where heavily armed resistance is expected.Plasma Shields are the closest thing to energy shields that modern science understands. Let's relax the current technology requirement a bit (and the power requirement, as it turns out).Now, you never actually specified that the force field need be electromagnetic in nature.
Shields are designed to be shatter resistant, though are typically not ballistic resistant. And, powering the swarm would be an issue; there's probably no way around needing an power source with at least nuclear-level energy density (antimatter would be a compact though very complicated and potentially very dangerous option).As everyone has explained, "force fields" are totally impossible for numerous reasons.imagine simply a frame (gray), perhaps 3m x 3m, which will be the "force field". The system would then use an arc generator to create a protective energy barrier, changing the air around it to lessen the impact of an explosion's shockwave through temperature variations and air density changes.This early attempt at a plasma shield is pretty limited. Some advancements aren't due to intricate engineering... some are just due to a person thinking, "Dude, why isn't this bacteria growing on this mold?" Boeing could be bringing force fields to life. This is some Sci-fi piece for such a thing to exist, let alone work through an energy source that's easily available/ can be easily made.
The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Anybody can ask a question You'd be better off super-heating one side of the projectile as it comes through and attempting to change the trajectory by blowing material off the side of the projectile.
how does this relate to your original question?It could be that forcefields require us to unlock some deep core underpinning of gluon interactions...... or it could be that all it takes is using a set of three ultra-low sound emission speakers pointed at a patch of air containing silicate dust, and the harmonic pattern causes the silicate dust to rigidly orient in place.Or other such, "Uh, well, I never thought of even trying that!" Viewed 5k times 1. Some shields used to counter rioters offer a form of ballistic protection against lower velocity ammunition fired from handguns or shotguns. site design / logo © 2020 Stack Exchange Inc; user contributions licensed under The Sith use the ability to inflict pain for any number of reasons. The plasma shield outlined in a Boeing patent would protect a vehicle against shockwaves from explosions. Also, plasma windows require about 20 kW per inch of window diameter, so you'd need a small generator or a very large battery to power it.Why would the debris fall harmlessly to the floor? It won't protect against physical objects like shrapnel and the plasma burst probably won't have a long duration because of the intense energy requirements. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. Though they are not very efficient for your power input since they can be penetrated by bullets with as little as 4KJ of forceOne issue of plexiglass shields compared to sci-fi-style energy shields is that they can't be compacted to almost nothing when not in use.