Applications of Electricity and Magnetism in the Future

Essentially every single device that humans use to make their life easier can be greatly attributed to the field of physics for its inception. The laws of physics govern everything that we use, see, and observe life as we know it would not be possible without it. Multiple branches of physics exist, but one stands out as the branch that has the most promise to deliver devices well beyond even our wildest imagination, electricity and magnetism. Someone who has not been educated a great deal on the topic usually will not realize how big of a role electricity and magnetism play into their everyday life, and even life on earth. The phone they carry in their pocket, the invisible magnetic field of the earth keep life sustainable, and even the electrical signals that his or her own heart uses to pump blood to distribute throughout the body are all applications of the physical laws of electricity and magnetism. On the horizon lie endless amounts of other futuristic applications that physicists and engineers work tirelessly day after day on. If science is correct in its predictions of the future, electricity and magnetism will play a monumental role in shaping life on earth in the not so distant future.

Of all physicist’s on the cutting edge of research in electricity and magnetism one name in particular stand well above the crowd. Elon Musk is a serial entrepreneur, physicist, engineer, inventor, philanthropist, genius, and at the mere age of 42 he has already completely disrupted multiple multi-trillion dollar industry’s using nothing but a visionary perspective and the laws of physics as his tools. The Hyperloop is Elon’s latest venture into the unknown. In theory the Hyperloop, In Musk’s words, a hyperloop is a system to “build...

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..., but if these formulated seemingly magical room temperature super conductors would completely change that. These super conductors would allow us to carry almost infinite voltage in current with virtually no heat being transferred to the holding apparatus humans could effectively build incredibly strong magnetic fields, field that are 1000s of times stronger than those achieved by either helium, titanium, or niobium just to name a few, compounds that are used in experimental fusion reactors or tok-maks. With the level that these conducting devices will offer the initial energy distribution or density humans could build what has been postulated for almost a century. A thermo-nuclear power plant that is not only safe, but completely self sustaining and sufficient with enough power to that could give humans power for decades, or as some have predicted, even centuries.