shields being worked on, ala "Navigational Deflector"

[Nighthawk]

from BBC

"Shield" in development for Mars missions.

Scientists discover a way to protect the astronauts from solar radiation exposure: a magnetic shield.

The scientist know that a prolonged exposure to solar radiation and cosmic radiation is a great danger in long-time missions
to distant places like Mars.
Now a group of investigators in UK have developed a way to protect the human being from this radiations.
As it reads in the "Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion" magazine from the Physics Institute, scientists have created a magnetic shield that can be placed around spaceships.
If you think this might sound like sci-fi, you might not be wrong: the british team recalled "Scotty" in the article, the character from the TV show "Star Trek".
The idea of the magnetic shield is based on the procedure used by Scotty to protect the Enterprise from proton radiations.

:shock:

way to go Scotty! 

the article is longer, but I translated this part from Spanish. surely there's more of it in the English BBC website.

so? the honor might not end up on Lt. Reed, after all...

[cordanilus]

Way top go Scotty. You did it again.  lol  Thanks for the story nighthawk, very interesting indeed.

[086gf]

Heres the proper article lol. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7706844.stm

Very fascinating stuff. Im pretty sure we will have one of these reinforcing the ozone layer a few hundred years from now.

[MLeo]

I would want an anti-rain shield, powerd by the dynamo of my bike.

[JimmyB76]

wow thats pretty cool   way to go Scotty indeed!

I would want an anti-rain shield, powerd by the dynamo of my bike.

lol awww poor MLeo   if i could make ya one, i would
*hugs*

[MLeo]

wow thats pretty cool   way to go Scotty indeed!

I would want an anti-rain shield, powerd by the dynamo of my bike.

lol awww poor MLeo   if i could make ya one, i would
*hugs*

Actually, Stephen Fry has recently taught me that it tends to rain pretty hard around America. Perhaps not as much (actually 'Nederland Regenland' is pretty excagerated, translation: "Netherland Rainland", except it sounds way better in Dutch), but when it does it falls out like a bucket. Here it tends to happen more often, but a less amount.

[Aeries]

So would this technically count as the beginnings of deflector shields?

[Dalek]

So would this technically count as the beginnings of deflector shields?

I suppose so! If we get to see pics off funny blue zip things over the hull of one of our shuttles, I'll be than happy to get the beer out.

[martyr]

Heres the proper article lol. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7706844.stm

Very fascinating stuff. Im pretty sure we will have one of these reinforcing the ozone layer a few hundred years from now.

the ozone hole is getting smaller btw

[Senator]

That's not a new idea, and for those that remember (aka Armondikov) in BCU a thing called "Chronicles of Ea", I had even included those.
Here is an article from New Scientist from 2007: http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11623&feedId=online-news_rss20

Keep in mind, the shields they speak about, would not be deflecting anything "solid" with nice blue effects. Not even dust. Mostly protons.
The idea is that certain cosmic radiation particles are charged, so you make another charged bubble around your ship, to turn those away.

On the other hand:

Very fascinating stuff. Im pretty sure we will have one of these reinforcing the ozone layer a few hundred years from now.

Ozone layer protects us from Ultra Violet light. UV light, being light (photons), does not have a charge, so that shield would be completely useless.

[Aeries]

Would it be so far-fetched, though, to surmise that this technology could be adapted to deflect solids, though? Like some sort of electro-static fieldy thingie... or should I stop talking as if i know what I'm saying? xD I knew I shouldn't have taken mah medz.