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| Dr. Tony McCaffrey |
After you've watched enough scifi movies and TV shows, or read enough books, you reach a point where you can name the plot point in 3 guesses or fewer. There's something to be said for a good, old-fashioned time travel story but - come on - how many good, old-fashioned stories do we need? Dr. Tony McCaffrey has set out to spur innovation among science fiction writers, and SF-Fandom is proud to help.
Dr. McCaffrey is an an innovation researcher, and he invites people to connect with him on his Website.
He shares ideas based on real (and recent) science research.
He shares ideas based on real (and recent) science research.
Earlier this year Tony asked SF-Fandom if we'd be interested in sharing his ideas with our visitors. We were more than happy to oblige, and we created a new discussion forum titled From New Science to New Sci-Fi. Dr. Tony reposts ideas from his own Website and invites forum members to discuss them.
The new forum is a great resource for science fiction writers seeking new ideas to explore. Some of the discussions Dr. Tony has started thus far include New Form of Space Travel, where he describes spaceships surfing on gravitational waves. Is that really possible? The truth is that we don't know yet. Modern science is still learning about gravitational waves and how the universe affects and is affected by them.
In another thread, Dr. McCaffrey wonders what an alien civilization would be like if it only developed fractal geometry. Much of Earth's science and engineering are based on Euclidean geometry, but if an alien civilization arose without that kind of thinking, they might see the universe very differently from the way we do.
Another interesting discussion arose when Dr. McCaffrey suggested that greenhouse gases could be pumped into space. With the right engineering, a planet too warm for Earth-like life might be transformed into a paradise - or Earth itself might be cooled down. What would it take to do that? And what else could be accomplished with such technology?
If you're a fan of giant robot stories, you may wonder if it will ever be possible to build such large machines. Present human technology can only build giant wheeled and tracked vehicles. But is there a way to construct true giant mechs as we see in games, movies, and TV shows?
Experienced and aspiring writers are invited to follow along as Dr. Tony leads the SF-Fandom community in exploratory discussions about what can be accomplished with both what we know from recent science and what we believe can be proven feasible in future scientific research.
There's still room for time travel stories, but we're hoping science will point the way toward some new ideas and maybe - just maybe - future technologies that benefit all mankind.
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