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How many of you are already following the articles on the Centauri Dreams blog?

https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2021/02/...ent-218989

This is about using red giant stars as computers.
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(03-02-2021, 01:48 AM)sandcastles Wrote: How many of you are already following the articles on the Centauri Dreams blog?

https://www.centauri-dreams.org/2021/02/...ent-218989

This is about using red giant stars as computers.

A number of us are familiar with Centauri Dreams in at least a general way. Their articles/discussions have informed our own, and the development of various EG articles, on numerous occasions.

The structure described here sounds like a form of Matrioshka Brain or maybe a Dyson Brain - but 'supercharged' due to the high energy environment.

The EG does make passing mention of Terragens (the Panvirtuality in particular) using high energy stars as computational platforms, but currently doesn't go into detail. So what this paper describes could be a form of that.

I'll need to grab some time to try to look at the actual paper as it sounds quite interesting. In the meantime, if anyone is feeling inspired to develop this idea for the OA setting, by all means feel free.

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That's interesting; someone on a completely different forum has recently put forward the idea of a Dyson swarm composed of dust particles. That would be a very difficult kind of megastructure to identify, since it would resemble a naturally occurring dust cloud. A structure that could be constructed by a civilisation that was not too keen on advertising its presence.
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