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@memcculloch Maybe not tomorrow, but at some point, whether #QI could enable FTL telecommunication. And if so, how to build a device to do so.

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@memcculloch @YouTube Feels a bit mean! Might take it down.

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@memcculloch @YouTube “And God said, Let there be lights in the sky [massive photon-generating objects to give people on Earth a sense of time through constant photon interactions…] to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years.” Genesis 1:14

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Sure. Here’s a clearer, cheaper version of the experiment.
Setup:
•A basic Mach-Zehnder interferometer using a laser, beam splitter, two mirrors, and a second beam splitter.
•Add a single-photon detector or coincidence counter at the outputs.
•First, run the experiment in normal air at room temperature.
•Then, put the whole interferometer inside a simple vacuum chamber — the kind used for basic thin-film deposition or student labs — pump it down to around 10^-5 or 10^-6 mbar.
•Compare the interference visibility and the statistical timing of photon detections between the two conditions.
McCulloch’s idea predicts that in the high-vacuum, low-interaction environment, the photon’s temporal uncertainty should increase. This might reduce interference contrast or show unexpected spreads in arrival times that standard quantum mechanics doesn’t expect.
It’s cheap because most universities already have vacuum chambers and basic optics benches. Total extra cost could be just a few hundred to a couple thousand dollars for better detectors or chamber time.
This keeps it simple and directly tests his “time equals change/interaction” concept. Grok

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Yeah, here’s a much cheaper one — basically table-top.
Use a simple Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a single photon source or weak laser. Run it two ways:
•Once with the photon path wide open (lots of possible interactions with the environment).
•Once with the entire interferometer sealed in a high-quality vacuum chamber with minimal thermal noise.
According to McCulloch’s idea, in the ultra-isolated case the photon’s “now” should smear out more, which could show up as reduced visibility in the interference pattern or shifted timing in coincidence counts — something standard quantum mechanics wouldn’t predict for that setup.
You can build a basic version for a few thousand dollars if you have access to a decent optics lab, or even cheaper with off-the-shelf components. No cryogenics, no trapped ions, just light and mirrors. It’s the kind of experiment a grad student or dedicated amateur could actually attempt. - Grok

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One lab idea to test this: Cool a quantum system — like a single trapped ion or a superconducting qubit — down to nearly absolute zero in a super-isolated vacuum chamber. At those super-low energies, his math says the uncertainty in time should get huge because there’s almost no interaction or change happening. Then compare how that system behaves — maybe its quantum state evolution or decoherence time — against the exact same setup at normal room temperature. If time really gets blurry at ultra-low interaction, you should see measurable differences in the timing of quantum effects that standard physics wouldn’t predict. It’s tough and expensive, but doable in a good quantum lab.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ - Grok

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@memcculloch Stuart from Rogue Valley Microdevices replied. I sent it to your Gmail listed at https://t.co/0x4omxEcML. You can let me know if it didn’t get to you. Thanks

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@memcculloch Done

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@memcculloch @YouTube https://t.co/RsXM265SAX

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@YouTube @memcculloch feel free to either a) Get me to delete this post, b) Upload this video to YouTube, or c) Keep this post.

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@memcculloch @YouTube Background noise removed

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@RVMicrodevices @AtomicaMEMS @CSEMInfo @JLGomezOR technically feasible?

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Design Concept: Powered Nanocapacitor Thruster

Proposal for a high-thrust version of McCulloch’s Quantized Inertia effect using nanoscale capacitors.

Use large arrays of asymmetric capacitor cells with ~100 nanometer gaps fabricated via MEMS processes. Electrons would be driven across the gap under high voltage.

Since thrust scales with 1/gap², reducing the gap from 10 microns to 100nm should increase thrust by roughly 10,000 times compared to existing experiments — potentially enough to visibly lift a lightweight device.

Candidate foundries: Rogue Valley Microdevices (US), Atomica (US), CSEM (Switzerland)

Expected cost: $50k–$100k for first prototype run

Timeframe: 4–8 months

—Grok