Engineers and scientists were dreaming, since long ago, to detect and produce gravitational fields at will and use them in new technologies. As daring as it sounds, it seems that that moment is closer than we expect.
A new proposal was by Professor André Füzfa of Namur University in an article published in the scientific journal Physical Review D. According to Professor Füzfa, this could challenge Einstein's theory of general relativity and transform modern physics.
Recently, scientists studied gravitational fields in a passive way. They only observed them and try to understand existing fields created by large inertial masses such as Earth, Moon or stars. This method is not allowing changing the gravitational fields, for instance, with magnetic fields.
Frustrated by this present situation Füzfa made his attempt to come with a more revolutionary approach. He considers that it would be possible to create gravitational fields at will. For this purpose, he proposes using well-controlled magnetic fields that could bend space-time.
In the article published in the scientific journal, Füzfa has proposed a device to create gravitational fields, supporting his vision with mathematical proof. According to Science Daily, the device relies on technologies that are already in use, being based on superconducting electromagnets also found for instance, at the ITER reactor or at CERN.
If conducted, this experiment would require considerable resources. However, it is worthy to implement because it could test Einstein's theory of general relativity. In case that the experiment would prove successful, it would bring the ability to detect, produce and control gravitational fields. This would allow engineers to find many practical applications and would start a new industrial revolution.
Such a scientific breakthrough was until now just a dream of science fiction. If implemented on large scale, anti-gravitation applications would open many possibilities in ground and air transportation, as well as in the field of telecommunications by using gravitational waves.
