Possibilities with a force-manipulating device
What if, sometime in the next say 600 years, humanity develops a device capable of manipulating the four fundamental forces in the area around it. (For example, a handheld device could work in a radius of a meter, while a device the size of a car would be significantly more powerful.) The effects, which would be limited by the speed of light (as if a beam had to travel to the location to be effected) would fall under three categories: Amplification, Nullification, and Inhibition. For example, these categories would be apparent in the example of gravity by: creating a gravity well, removing the effects of gravity in an area, or reducing how effective gravity is in an area. Given this technology, barring social consequences, what applications could be developed (useful or just plain fun)?. Also, is there any way to make the device follow the conservation of energy, or does just increasing and decreasing the power it takes relative to the effect it's modifying work?
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