UM-Bot Posted December 7, 2006 #1 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Don’t believe in Santa Claus? If you’re skeptical of Santa’s abilities to deliver presents to millions of homes and children in just one night, North Carolina State University’s Dr. Larry Silverberg, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, can explain the plausible science and engineering principles that could allow the Jolly Old Elf to pull off the magical feat year after year.With his cherubic smile and twinkling eyes, Santa may appear to be merely a jolly old soul but he and his North Pole elves have a lot going on under the funny-looking hats, Silverberg says. Their advanced knowledge of electromagnetic waves, the space/time continuum, nanotechnology, genetic engineering and computer science easily trumps the know-how of contemporary scientists.Silverberg says that Santa has a personal pipeline to children’s thoughts – via a listening antenna that combines technologies currently used in cell phones and EKGs – which informs him that Mary in Miami hopes for a surfboard, while Michael from Minneapolis wants a snowboard. A sophisticated signal processing system filters the data, giving Santa clues on who wants what, where children live, and even who’s been bad or good. Later, all this information will be processed in an onboard sleigh guidance system, which will provide Santa with the most efficient delivery route. Silverberg adds that letters to Santa via snail mail still get the job done, however.Silverberg is not so naïve as to think that Santa and his reindeer can travel approximately 200 million square miles – making stops in some 80 million homes – in one night. Instead, he posits that Santa uses his knowledge of the space/time continuum to form what Silverberg calls “relativity clouds.”“Based on his advanced knowledge of the theory of relativity, Santa recognizes that time can be stretched like a rubber band, that space can be squeezed like an orange and that light can be bent,” Silverberg says. “Relativity clouds are controllable domains – rips in time – that allow him months to deliver presents while only a few minutes pass on Earth. The presents are truly delivered in a wink of an eye.” View: Full Article | Source: NC State University Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlanos Posted December 8, 2006 #2 Share Posted December 8, 2006 i dont care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeraLink Posted December 8, 2006 #3 Share Posted December 8, 2006 That's so cool. Check out his blog at the link here. TeraLink Was Here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASOP Posted December 8, 2006 #4 Share Posted December 8, 2006 WOW! I always knew the jolly old guy could do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristocrates Posted December 9, 2006 #5 Share Posted December 9, 2006 Finally, the greatest mystery known to man has been solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
when.i.am.queen. Posted December 11, 2006 #6 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Heh... what about all those poor children in Africa? and those who have converted to central heating?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_mika Posted December 11, 2006 #7 Share Posted December 11, 2006 someone needs to break the news to dr. silverberg that...um....santa isn't real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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