[King Prout]

that's the thing. thanks. so it is real.

hrmn...

bets: Casimir Effect will have big play in these electromagnetically created artificial bubble-dimensions the author is talking about.

[Dead Corpse]

Hhmmm... maybe. Casimir is a vaccuum effect brought about by charge. If anything, these bubble-dimensions/field envelopes could use the Casimir effect for locomotion. More than likely, it'll be a power source for nanomachines. The Z Machine is a completely different animal.

The article is referring to a ultra-high energy field state that can actually "seperate" or "shield" an area of space-time from the rest of the reference frame. This is a direct analog to an Einstien-Rosen bridge. It's just that instead of creating a "tunnel", think of it as if you were pushing a cue ball through a nylon. It'd open in front and close behind as you moved. Causality wouldn't come into play as you wouldn't actually be moving in relation to your enclosed reference frame.

I guess another way to look at this would be submarine supercavitation. Think of space-time as the water. Normally, you've got a lot of drag. Cavitate, and you are no longer dealing with having to push all that water out of the way first. The trick is getting that cavitation bubble going first. Generate enough GeV into a field around you and you should be floating encased in a QGC bubble.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Now we have to rehab our castle.