Force Field - a force field in fictional movies: Can it come true?

If you are a fan of superhero movies, you will probably see the strongest X-men often possessing the ability to create invisible armor to protect the body. But it is a movie, but in fact, can people create that kind of energy?

Sci-fi movies are always very interesting for most of us. There, we can admire the super weird technology, or the incredible powers of mutants.

Unfortunately, most of that "divine" power is a product of human imagination rather than based on real scientific laws. Therefore, they can hardly be created in real life.

Oh wait! In fact, one of the most powerful superpowers on the film has the potential to be more honest than most. It is to create force field - or force field, or force shield - the ability to create an invisible force of power that envelops the body, blocking all enemy attacks like Wanda Maximoff (Red Witch) in the Avenger, or Star War Luke Skywalker.

What is Force Field?

In the movie, Force Field is often used to protect the superhero's body from attacks from guns or enemies. In addition, they are also used to cover the spacecraft against laser or meteorite collisions.

This weapon can be described slightly differently according to the director's imagination. But collectively, in order for a weapon to be called a force field shield, it must have two characteristics: invisible to the naked eye and capable of blocking the effects of ordinary matter and radiation.

Is it possible to create Force Field?

After all, if the force field is created in practice, its application potential is extremely large, especially in the military field.

Therefore, many scientific groups have begun to study Force Shield and divided into two main research directions: creating the type of energy field capable of blocking matter and the type of energy field capable of blocking radiation.

Currently, the research direction of material blocking energy field is gaining significant progress. Typically, the United Kingdom Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) is developing an electromagnetic armor capable of preventing missiles for tanks, and has been successful in initial tests.

The research direction on material blocking energy fields is gaining significant progress.

The operation principle of the device is based on whether the tank will carry super capacitors. When a missile signal is about to collide, the capacitors will discharge a large amount of charge, in the instant that the outer space of the vehicle is covered by an extremely strong electromagnetic field.

This protection lasts for a few seconds and is enough to destroy the missile's blast before it can touch the tires.

As for the type of energy field that blocks radiation - like lasers or radiation - less attention is paid to research. Even so, we still have remarkable information.

In 2014, a study by a group of students at Leicester University published in Special Physics Topics proved the theory of making plasma armor. Its effect is to deflect incoming laser beams, like armor that protects spacecraft in Star War.

Plasma is the fourth state of matter (along with 3 solid, liquid, and gas states). It is similar to the gas but in super hot and ionized condition.

In fact, there is a layer of plasma armor that always exists on our heads. It is the ionosphere of the atmosphere, which always reflects the ground of low-frequency electromagnetic radiation that is transmitted, such as radio waves.

And according to the study, with a sufficiently thick plasma, we can knock out high-frequency radiation like light or UV. Of course, laser beams are no exception, because they are only electromagnetic radiation or intense light.

In addition, because plasma is a mixture of charged particles, this form of matter can be controlled by magnets to form an armor that is suitable for the object to be protected.

Like Violet in The Incredible did

And when combining the plasma and electromagnetic armor, we will have a real field shield, which prevents matter, and blocks radiation. Because of this feasibility, these studies are not only on paper, but also are of great interest to large defense companies.

However, there is a drawback to plasma armor that if it is able to prevent laser beams, it will also prevent other visible light. So if an aircraft or tank is covered with plasma armor to counteract the destructive rays from the enemy, they are completely "blind", not seeing the enemy to counterattack.

People with modern technology have gradually brought shields of force, a weapon thought only in fiction, to come close to real life. But to create a perfect "film-like" shield, we still have a long way to go.

It must be an invisible shield, blocking both bullets and lasers, but does not negate the fighting ability of the protected vehicle.