• Question: In the future will invisble forcefields protect us from storms.

    Asked by Tyrese to Aileen, Caroline, Christopher, Rehemat, Stephanie, Stephen on 7 Mar 2018.
    • Photo: Christopher Nankervis

      Christopher Nankervis answered on 7 Mar 2018:

      No, it’s unlikely unless we find another form of very powerful energy. The power of nature is very hard to equal.

    • Photo: Stephanie Mann

      Stephanie Mann answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      I can’t imagine forcefields that would be strong enough to protect us from storms, certainly not ones that wouldn’t cause lots of problems for everyone outside the forcefield! A more likely thing would be smarter houses and cities that are built to withstand storms, maybe they could use machine learning to change certain shapes of building to deflect the winds and floods in safer directions? There is lots of research needed in how to survive extreme weather!

    • Photo: Stephen Twomlow

      Stephen Twomlow answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      Maybe – many of things we have seen in science fiction films do become reality with time – it will be all about how do we create and manage the energy to drive a force field in a sustainable manner

    • Photo: Rehemat Bhatia

      Rehemat Bhatia answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      I’m really not sure! If we end up having the capability to make those, maybe. But we would have to understand what nature is capable of first.

    • Photo: Caroline Hickman

      Caroline Hickman answered on 8 Mar 2018:

      Even if we could develop this technology, its unlikely that we could develop it in time to help

    • Photo: Aileen Baird

      Aileen Baird answered on 9 Mar 2018:

      Nothing more for me to add here, apart from saying although we’re probably very far away scientifically from being able to make a forcefield, it would be super cool!

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