Black Hole Tech?—Stephen Wolfram Writings

In celebration of the detection of gravitational waves, Stephen Wolfram looks forward and discusses what technology black holes could make possible.

Contents Top The Theory Works! Fast Forward to Black Hole Technology What Are Black Holes? How Black Holes Are Made What Can a Black Hole Be Like? The Life of a Non-rotating Black Hole Rotating Black Holes Naked Singularities Gravitational Waves Mathematics of Waves Two Black Holes Gravitational Turbulence? Orbiting a Black Hole The Three-Body Problem Gravitational Computation Random Orbits Gravitational Engineering Where Can We Get Black Holes, Anyway? Finally, Black Hole Technology Time Travel to the Future Black-Hole-Mediated Travel Energy Sources Gravitational Crystals Gravitational Shield

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