https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/15/tags/2057.rssNew Posts Tagged 'communication' - Scientific SpeculationScientific Speculation - Codidact2023-07-09T17:27:25Zhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/288785Analogue Encryption, without converting to digitalBianca_Railwayhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/608132023-06-29T14:46:40Z2023-07-09T17:27:25Z<p>Hello! I am thinking about analogue mobile telephones, but they have some severe flaws- the most significant being privacy.</p>
<p>How could an analogue system be encrypted? It doesn't need to ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263375A light tower based communication systemMister Onionhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/527872020-05-24T13:27:19Z2020-05-25T09:30:35Z<p>I'm building a world with cities of extremely different technological capabilities. One has a monopoly on gunpowder and one has complete understanding of the magic system in the world. </p>
<p>...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262303Would sound shifts be severe enough for two dialects to be mutually unintelligible after 400 years of no verbal contact?galactic_analyzerhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445642020-04-14T00:04:10Z2020-04-14T00:33:36Z<p>A group of English-speaking settlers travel to the Earth-like exoplanet of Rataan, which is 5 light years away. They board the generation ship <em>Genesis</em> that will reach Rataan in 200 year...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261571I want my gryphons and birdfolk to have facial expressions. How?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-03-16T13:40:46Z2020-03-16T21:10:21Z<p>So, Both birdfolk and gryphons have a head structure, similar to that of birds of prey, i.e: forward facing eyes. Sure, the color of the plumage and the beak-type can vary, but one problem is st...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261416Facial expressions for dragons?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-03-11T16:22:56Z2020-03-16T18:20:25Z<p>Though this applies to lizardfolk and most creatures with a snout as well, I'm having trouble giving more facial expressions to dragons. Sure, they can wink, bare their fangs and laugh out loud ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261495How to build a wormhole for FTL communication? [more Engineering than Physics question]Rodolfo Penteadohttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/446872020-03-13T12:44:57Z2020-03-16T06:13:04Z<p>I came to SE WB while I was researching about space radiators for my sci-fi. I don't remember where exactly I found an answer to my question (<a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/que...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261526A dragon, a gryphon and a tengu are flying toghether. How can they actually communicate?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-03-14T12:08:17Z2020-03-14T16:40:25Z<p>One problem, I think writers often overlook, is the problem of flying creatures communicating with each other. I call this the <em>"I can't hear you over the sound of the f@cking headwind!"</em>...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261509Semi-FTL quantum communicationsDemiganhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/421092020-03-13T19:10:47Z2020-03-14T13:09:01Z<p>I'm trying to come up with idea's that have some plausibility of sending information FTL.</p>
<p>So we can entangle particles together. When you measure them you influence them. If you measure ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261253How do you send out SOS in space if there is no absolute coordinate?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502020-03-06T04:55:51Z2020-03-08T20:30:02Z<p>Imagine your spaceship encountered a gravitational anomaly and discovered that you are lost in space, your computer tells you that you are still inside the Milky Way galaxy but it cannot find th...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/233534Intergalactic Communication?Tigershad0whttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/412382017-08-06T18:23:49Z2020-02-28T14:40:52Z<p>I am building a science fiction world with technology comparable to the Halo Universe (AKA Warp Drives are a thing). The story is set in a section of the galaxy with various nations controlling ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260367Are (near) instant data transfers feasible on an intergalactic scale?Plutianhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/446152020-02-11T09:17:38Z2020-02-12T01:03:14Z<p>Inspired partially by <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/a/168050/72352">this comment</a> on one of my answers, I got to thinking on what the quickest way to communicate would be o...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260141"Dragon amongst the sheep" How could a dragon avoid other animals registering him as a threat?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-02-04T17:06:47Z2020-02-05T18:15:28Z<p>So, one of the less know abilities of dragons here is anivoice.</p>
<p>Anivoice allows dragons to communicate with birds, mammals, reptiles, dinosaurs and pterosaurs.</p>
<p>Of course, the inf...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/206198Why would a civilization want to contact with a hypothetical extraterrestrial civilization?Garoalhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/364272014-09-17T09:30:17Z2020-01-28T14:21:02Z<p>Mankind has been always interested in making contact with another (extraterrestrial) civilization. We have launched the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes with plaques explaining where the Earth is locate...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259258Communicating the idea of danger to an unknown alien civilizationKeelhaulhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/408292020-01-09T15:13:37Z2020-01-14T20:08:45Z<p>An alien automatic "beacon" tries to warn us about some imminent danger. It does so with launching a succession of large "veils" in front of their star so we can detect them via the transit meth...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259268Designing a safe way to share location of a secret shipKirillhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445072020-01-09T18:40:44Z2020-01-11T00:12:28Z<p>There is a secret ship and it is used by pirates as a recharging point. It has a nuclear reactor as a power source and other ships are using electricity. Let's assume in this world stealth techn...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258891So, magic is based on swarm robotics and nanotechnology. How can I have Anti-magic fields?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842019-12-28T18:43:15Z2019-12-28T23:49:16Z<p>So, at its core, magic is using a swarm of tiny (50-100 micrometers), naturally occuring robots to deliver substances to a given location and initiate chemical reactions that lead towards the de...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258553Ways for advanced civilizations to mask communications on an interstellar / intergalactic scaleSapphireFlamehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/444402019-12-13T06:07:06Z2019-12-13T12:37:29Z<p>Say we have a civilization on the verge of becoming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Type II</a>, and are in the process of building a <a href="h...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257352Could echolocated images be used for a language?Chickenpeep Chickenpeephttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441652019-11-02T15:16:49Z2019-11-04T07:53:27Z<p>So I have this underwater echolocation using species. I'm wondering if they could have a language partly based on recreating sounds from returning echolocation waves to 'talk' images at each oth...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/206933Living Planet Possible?The Glis Jackelhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/222682014-10-15T19:26:47Z2019-09-29T14:39:28Z<p>Although a question about <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/1360/how-big-could-a-living-thing-be">how large a living thing could be</a> has been asked and answered, woul...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/256332Lighthouse AlternativesA Lambent Eyehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/78192019-09-25T11:45:46Z2019-09-28T17:51:30Z<p>In my pre-electricity world, fast communication is achieved by means of lighthouses, each being able to direct strong and precise beams of light towards distantly visible lighthouses.</p>
<p>Ho...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251186How might a highly intelligent aquatic species (mermaids) communicate underwater?Guesthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/434072019-03-17T21:02:26Z2019-09-15T10:23:16Z<p>I'm trying to create basically realistic mermaids, and working on developing body language and vocalizations. I have most of the vocalizations I can think of (suggestions are still appreciated),...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255365If an Alcubierre Drive is possible, can you communicate FTL without a vessel?kingledionhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/77042019-08-23T17:15:24Z2019-08-24T13:34:45Z<p>Assume that an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Alcubierre drive</a> is feasible. In fact, assume that one has been built. A superluminal starsh...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/254030Injury to the lower jaw - what would be the consequences?Hendersonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/439702019-07-01T22:17:37Z2019-07-02T03:29:42Z<p>One of my characters suffers an injury where a spike pierced his lower jaw and severed his tongue. Ignoring the fact that he may not have survived this wound under normal circumstances (eldritc...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252616How could a civilization detect tachyons?Cerezahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/409362019-05-07T10:12:47Z2019-06-02T11:19:09Z<p>In an effort to work out a believable form of faster-than-light communications for my setting, I've ruled out a few things: wormholes (which are in use, but are too random in where they lead, to...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/253146Looking for a soft substance that doesn't dissolve underwaterJohn Lewishttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/435982019-05-23T21:36:00Z2019-05-26T03:56:50Z<p>I'm writing a story that takes place entirely underwater, mostly in a deep sea town and shallower city. Both are underwater and populated by beings who can survive underwater. </p>
<p>My thinki...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252615Which sounds could a tongueless person produce?A Lambent Eyehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/78192019-05-07T09:23:45Z2019-05-09T07:27:32Z<p>In my world, officials dealing with sensitive information have their tongues amputated.</p>
<p>Naturally writing and a special, government-only sign-language are the main forms of communication...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252213How can a person become completely mute without external indications?Personhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/437582019-04-20T21:54:34Z2019-04-28T05:49:04Z<p>I have searched for a while now, but I cannot find a definite answer. </p>
<p>A character I am writing has been captured by the antagonist, operated on and released, now completely mute. </p>
...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/252100Most bit efficient text communication method?Exostrikehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/395412019-04-17T10:26:35Z2019-04-26T09:44:51Z<p>What would be the most efficient text communication method for a spacecraft operating on a super low bit rate (I'm talking something like 5 bits an hour, excluding error handling)? </p>
<p>As y...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/228442Alien message: arrows and sequence orderJDługoszhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/4392017-02-13T11:39:38Z2019-04-11T02:16:03Z<p>This is part of my Alien Message series:</p>
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<li><a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/70227/recognizable-natural-numbers-for-alien-message">Recognizable natural numbe...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251328Keeping GHz wireless RF out of our heads without stopping the internet?uhohhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/266792019-03-22T00:18:12Z2019-04-03T18:42:46Z<p><strong>Premise:</strong> Neurologists found that GHz wireless RF had modest but quite negative effects on people's brains. Subtle collective effects in neuronal firing patterns across the brain...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/251347How can animals of various species organize themselves against a super-predator?Incognitohttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/64402019-03-22T15:35:28Z2019-03-30T01:45:52Z<p>Cats in New York City are an invasive species that are a plague to the animal kingdom. It is well documented that these bloodthirsty psychopaths are responsible for the murder of billions of inn...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/227471How would an advanced civilization have constant communication between planets?John Hamiltonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/60432017-01-13T11:50:29Z2019-03-04T19:16:30Z<p>In this universe humans have advanced far enough to be able to colonize planets in our system but not enough to do interstellar travel. Earth is united and they have moved beyond countries and b...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250307Why bother programming facial expressions for artificial intelligence if humans are bad at recognising them?user6760https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/373502019-02-13T02:59:08Z2019-02-14T17:08:14Z<p>Set in the near future, robots and mankind coexist amicably due to the great technological advancement in robotics and artificial intelligence. They are everywhere and some took a human form. Al...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250040What does my dragon sound like?Nickhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/418682019-01-31T21:47:56Z2019-02-01T15:53:49Z<p><a href="http://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/137872/the-nuclear-dragon">My dragon</a></p>
<p>So to give a quick description, this is a 2 mile long, nuclear powered dragon of doom. ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/250014Ancient Roman Pneumatic tube Postal ServicePelinorehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/422132019-01-31T01:33:08Z2019-01-31T13:28:07Z<p>The Romans had <a href="https://100falcons.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/a-roman-pump-in-perfect-condition/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">pumps</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=roman%20aque...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/249989Verbally communicating with a no-lips, no-nosed, spiked tooth alienThatguypathttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/377962019-01-30T04:39:51Z2019-01-30T15:29:46Z<p>In my world, humans encounter an alien species. They want to communicate verbally with each other, so I'd like to know what sounds could be shared by both species. </p>
<p>The species has no/ve...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/249708Could you carry a wormhole through another wormhole?Cerezahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/409362019-01-22T10:32:03Z2019-01-27T08:19:00Z<p>Okay, let's assume that travel between star systems is done through stable, stationary wormholes on the outer boundaries of each system. This alone is slightly magic for now, of course, but let'...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/249787Is it possible for a planet's climate to block, or at least make wireless communication irrelevant?Knight_Owlhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/434182019-01-23T20:22:04Z2019-01-27T04:07:15Z<p>So, I'm writing a sci-fi story, which has a setting which involves human colonists crash landing on a massive, icy hellhole. The weather is extreme on the surface, and because of it, wireless co...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/248611What would make radio transmission unfeasible on a planet?flexneckhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/431862018-12-20T00:11:53Z2018-12-22T19:29:48Z<p>I am looking for a good reason to make radio communications on a planetary scale unfeasible or impossible. Short-range use is acceptable, but no transmissions should make it to orbit or over the...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/248423How to use a certain technology to communicate with colonies but keep the how-to a secret?Aventinushttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/385022018-12-13T12:47:11Z2018-12-19T02:34:45Z<p>I'm building a world for a role-playing game campaign using the <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226996/Stars-Without-Number-Revised-Edition" rel="noreferrer">Stars Without Number</...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/211820FTL travel is impossible. How is interstellar trade possible?Lostinfrancehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/21932015-05-14T13:14:16Z2018-12-12T00:25:31Z<p>Assume a universe depressingly like ours, in which special relativity holds. No hyperspace, no warp drive, no wormholes, and even the limited get-out clauses offered by real world physics either...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/206363Is there a scientifically plausible faster-than-light communication system?Kohlbrrhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/364532014-09-23T14:01:39Z2018-10-28T17:58:40Z<p>In series such as the <em>Hyperion Cantos</em> and <em>Ender's Game</em>, there exist fictional faster-than-light communication systems allowing either instantaneous, or near-instantaneous trans...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/244234Quick solutions to a modern warning placed on the surface of a planet for future generationsAshhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/26322018-07-31T13:01:17Z2018-10-02T14:04:56Z<p>In response to <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/119648/write-once-perpetual-storage-is-such-a-thing-possible">Write once perpetual storage, is such a thing possible?</a...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245073If everyone in the world disappeared except 35 random people, how long would it take for one of them to realize they're not alone?LDRhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/420082018-08-22T03:53:14Z2018-10-01T05:44:09Z<p>Everyone suddenly disappears from earth except 35 people randomly scattered wherever they were before everyone disappeared. How long would it take on average for 2 or more people to meet? What o...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/245857How to improve TCP/IP for an interplanetary WAN?kingledionhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/77042018-09-10T02:00:35Z2018-09-12T18:33:22Z<h1>Background</h1>
<p>It is the near future. After a major world war and limited nuclear exchange, the nations of Earth have consolidated into a few blocs. The threat of further war and the cumul...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/244888With light years between us, why talk?Qfwfqhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/66612018-08-17T16:59:35Z2018-08-22T11:54:17Z<p>Let's say in the year 2000 we launch a ship to some distant part of the galaxy. If the ship travels with a <em>constant</em> 1 g acceleration for like 28 years (accelerating halfway then deceler...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/244910What phonemes are most recognizable underwater?Enthusiastic Leviathanhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/426932018-08-18T06:53:32Z2018-08-19T02:46:28Z<p>In my fantasy world, there has been a longstanding presence of underwater civilizations, both alongside and independent of surface-based kingdoms. In the style of Tolkien's Beleriand, various co...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/217443Why would robots use verbal communication?QuiquÈ…https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/381662016-02-21T03:21:24Z2018-06-05T16:05:07Z<p>Robots (intelligent machines using some form of artificial intelligence), are central to the plot in a snippet I'm working on. These robots do not have to interact with humans on a regular basis...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/242059How Would A Speedster Communicate?MnIcehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/63132018-05-17T04:19:21Z2018-05-19T08:54:23Z<p>Related to <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/112390/on-a-speedsters-perception-of-time-and-ability-to-function-in-civilian-life][1]">On a Speedster's perception of time ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/228895Can this FTL communication, based on quantum entanglement, work?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842017-02-25T22:36:03Z2018-05-17T03:41:45Z<h1>Editorial Note</h1>
<p>This is a <strong>canonocal question</strong> meant to cover all possible specific questions that fit the schema, as well as the fully general "Can quantum entanglement ...