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  Hyperdrive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hyperdrive is a name given to certain methods of traveling faster than light (FTL) in science fiction.
Usually, hyperdrive refers to a method of travel in which it takes a measurable amount of time to go from one point to another.
Hyperdrive may also allow for dramatic escapes as the pilot "jumps" to hyperspace in the midst of battle to avoid destruction.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hyperdrive   (733 words)

  
 Hyperdrive (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hyperdrive is a British television science fiction sitcom produced by the BBC created under the working title of "Full Power." Set in 2151, it follows the crew of HMS Camden Lock as they stumble through their heroic mission to protect British interests in a changing galaxy.
The series is written by Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley; the first episode was broadcast on BBC 2 on January 11, 2006.
Hyperdrive was shot entirely on Kodak Super 16mm film much to the insistence of director John Henderson after an initial 'test shoot' with digibeta video tape proved to be unsatisfactory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hyperdrive_(BBC_TV)   (1224 words)

  
 MASSASSI STAR WARS, TECHNOLOGY, HYPERDRIVE
The hyperdrive engine, which is powered by efficient fusion generators, essentially propels a starship into the alternate dimension known as hyperspace, where the normal laws of space and time no longer apply.
Hyperdrive technology provided the Old Republic with the means to explore and colonize much of the known galaxy.
Modern hyperdrives are classified by their speeds, with the lower the class number, the faster the drive.
massassi.yavin4.com /sw/g_hyper.htm   (206 words)

  
 Kwenn's Lexicon - hyperdrive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The invention of the hyperdrive brought together the Galactic Republic, and united the disparate sectors of the galaxy - from the Core to the Outer Rim and beyond.
The hyperdrive itself was built from a titanium-chromium compound able to withstand the jump between dimensions, and gathered its power from a fusion generator fitted into the starship.
Hyperdrives could not function in gravity, and required the ship to be free of a planet's gravity before it could jump.
www.geocities.com /ksw_lex10/hyperdrive   (669 words)

  
 Hyperdrive
The hyperdrive is built from a titanium-chromium compound that can withstand the forces needed to push through the space-time fabric of realspace into the hyperspacial continuum.
It is rumoured that the hyperdrive was invented aeons ago by a space-faring race from outside the known galaxy.
Hyperdrives are grouped according to their ability to exceed the speed of light, and are categorised by classes.!
www.itsf.org /resources/factsheet.php?fsID=86   (443 words)

  
 Technology - hyperdrive
The races who have built (or modified) hyperdrives, ranked in order of maximum known velocity, are: Replicators, Asgard, Goa'uld, humans and Wraith.
The Talthuns are also believed to possess the capabilities to generate a hyperdrive window, but it should be noted that it is unclear just what, if anything, was responsible for moving their ships beyond the speed of light.
The Wraith's hyperdrive is known to be the weakest, as the vessels must make periodic hyperspace "pit stops," either because the technology is unsophisticated or they must stop to feed.
www.gateworld.net /omnipedia/technology/h/hyperdrive.shtml   (392 words)

  
 Kwenn's Star Wars Database : Hyperdrive
It was an integral part of the hyperdrive engine, as it also fine-tuned the engines while in hyperspace, making thrust adjustments needed to navigate.
Hyperdrives were classed by their hyperspace multiplier; the lower the better.
Thus, hyperdrives could not be engaged in the atmosphere of a planet, nor in orbit around one.
www.geocities.com /kswdb1/tech_hyper2   (407 words)

  
 Hyperdrive
Hyperdrive was the Autobot commander above Thunder Clash in the relatively unknown period following the second wave of Action Masters and the emergence of such Autobot subgroups as the Lightformers and the Rescue Force.
While Hyperdrive's boots plainly make the front of his cab, he only has wheels visible on his shoulders (assuming he is symmetrical), with his forearms turning into the truck's gastanks.
Hyperdrive's entire transformation evidently just involves bending him over backwards, positioning his arms to become the wheels and gastanks, attaching his shoulder shield to the roof of the cab as his sleeper section, then linking him up to the trailer.
s90690880.onlinehome.us /jhiaxus/toymerch/hyperdrive.htm   (1389 words)

  
 Hyperdrive for a New Millennium
With Hyperdrive, a larger battery acts as a specialized power system, with each 2-volt cell placed in several 48-volt modules in the battery pack.
Hyperdrive could be a boon to oil companies as well, because it could bring down the cost of fuel, said Templin.
While the Hyperdrive would be beneficial to consumers buying new vehicles, it could devastate the residual values of older ones and depress the value of competitors' products that were not as fuel efficient, said Tom Webb, chief economist for Manheim Auctions.
www.emotionreports.com /industry_analysis/hyperdrive5.html   (1580 words)

  
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Hyperdrive is an Atlanta-based rock band comprised of science fiction / fantasy geeks.
The initial spark from which Hyperdrive was eventually born was a conversation between guitarist Edward deGruy and drummer Alan Siler about rock and pop music that employed science fiction, fantasy and horror imagery.
Hyperdrive is available for parties and conventions throughout the southeast.
hyperdrive.apogee-designs.com   (154 words)

  
 DriveSafety -- HyperDrive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HyperDrive puts the power to develop driving simulation content into your hands by allowing you to build an endless variety of custom driving environments through a graphical user interface running on a MS Windows platform.
Within HyperDrive, you can design and implement custom driving environments using database elements called "Tiles." HyperDrive includes an extensive library of more than 300 Tiles, representing freeways and freeway junctions, different types of surface streets and intersections, and a wide variety of environmental models.
Within the driving environments designed by the user, HyperDrive allows definition of the traffic conditions, environmental states and scripted events that will occur during the simulation.
www.drivesafety.com /03simulators/hyperdrive.htm   (250 words)

  
 New Scientist Take a leap into hyperspace - Features
According to the paper, this hyperdrive motor would propel a craft through another dimension at enormous speeds.
What's more, the US military has begun to cast its eyes over the hyperdrive concept, and a space propulsion researcher at the US Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories has said he would be interested in putting the idea to the test.
Burkhard Heim began to explore the hyperdrive propulsion concept in the 1950s as a spin-off from his attempts to heal the biggest divide in physics: the rift between quantum mechanics and Einstein's general theory of relativity.
www.newscientist.com /channel/fundamentals/mg18925331.200   (2307 words)

  
 BBC - Press Office - Hyperdrive takes BBC TWO comedy into the future
Filming starts this week on Hyperdrive, a new science fiction comedy for BBC TWO, which follows the crew of British spaceship HMS Camden Lock as they go about their day-to-day lives promoting Britain in the 22nd century.
Hyperdrive is set in 2151 and the crew of HMS Camden Lock are on a mission.
Hyperdrive is filming in the alien world of Manchester and is set to air on BBC TWO next year.
www.bbc.co.uk /pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/09_september/16/hyper.shtml   (344 words)

  
 Game Revolution Review Page - Game Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Hyperdrive, a company made up of a few blokes from the UK, has put together a practical and resourceful contraption that would make MacGyver himself proud.
In mere minutes we were ready to take her for a test drive, thanks in part to the Hyperdrive's adjustability.
If it weren't for the big, goofy Hyperdrive setup, the pedal unit would have no support to keep it in place, which is a frustration that haunts most pedal units.
www.gamerevolution.com /oldsite/games/hardware/hyperdrive.htm   (631 words)

  
 Star Wars: Hyperdrive Tactics and Strategies
A 10-second hyperdrive microjump in any random direction at maximum speed would put at least 3 trillion km between it and any pursuing Federation fleet (perhaps much more, depending on the level of spatial distortions in the region).
Hyperdrive allows us to attack and slaughter entire planetary populations with little or no risk to ourselves, even if the Federation somehow finds a way to erase their enormous disadvantages in shield and weapon strength.
Hyperdrive also allows us to attack enemy ships without warning, and it provides a virtual guarantee of Imperial starship survival, by providing an avenue of escape that cannot be prevented by the enemy.
www.stardestroyer.net /Empire/Tactics/FTLCombat2.html   (1585 words)

  
 Alien Wars: Before hyperdrive, there was... - HERO GAMES Discussion Boards
As much as you cannot buy an ion drive for your personal space probe today at "Old Neil's used spaceship parts", the early hyperdrives were purely gouvernmental experimening drives not available to the public in a way that a "class" of drives could be called existing.
It goes on to say that hyperdrive was invented in 2203, which allowed travel at 20% faster than the speed of light.
Fusion power plants allowed STL travel for about 60 years before hyperdrive was invented, but that there was no permanent human presence outside of our solar system during that time.
www.herogames.com /forums/showthread.php?t=24500   (2045 words)

  
 Star Wars: Databank | hyperdrive
Travel between star systems would be impossible were it not for the development of the revolutionary hyperdrive propulsion system.
The term hyperdrive refers to the engine and interrelated systems that propel a starship through the alternate dimension of hyperspace.
Han Solo's Millennium Falcon had an extremely recalcitrant hyperdrive which often failed when needed the most.
www.starwars.com /databank/technology/hyperdrive   (129 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: hyperdrive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Hyperdrive (Wednesday, BBC Two, 10pm) poses the question: if you were a scriptwriter, would you want to write “the new Red Dwarf?” On the one...
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www.technorati.com /tag/hyperdrive   (438 words)

  
 Damn Interesting » Prepare for Ludicrous Speed
Heim's ideas described a "hyperdrive" which would locally modify the constants of nature in such a way that a vehicle would be allowed to travel at immense speeds, possibly faster than the speed of light.
But when he was unable to raise the money to develop the hyperdrive idea further, he retreated into isolation to develop the theories further.
If the theory is accurate, the hyperdrive propulsion field it allows may make a weekend trip to Mars a reality, and put the stars within our grasp.
www.damninteresting.com /?p=337#more-337   (2949 words)

  
 Hyperdrive for a New Millennium
In city driving, a vehicle equipped with Hyperdrive would run primarily on electric power and emit almost zero emissions.
And, since it runs on gasoline, diesel or other existing fuels, no changes would be needed for the world's production or distribution infrastructure, unlike fuel cell vehicles that would need a hydrogen distribution system, added Paice's chief operating officer, Ted Louckes.
He got the idea for the Hyperdrive waiting in a gas line at a filling station during the oil crisis of 1979.
www.emotionreports.com /industry_analysis/hyperdrive2.html   (630 words)

  
 2006 International CES: Product Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HyperDrive Mini is the world's fastest (16MB/s), smallest and lightest memory card backup (portable storage) device.
It is targeted at digital photographers and digital media (music, video) lovers, who seek storage space for their data while on the move, away from computers.
HyperDrive Mini accepts 8 different kinds of memory card formats and features an advanced 24-bit hardware-based copy verification to ensure 100% data integrity.
www.cesweb.org /attendees/show_floor/product_locator/product_details.asp?prodid=6629   (112 words)

  
 Hyperdrive - getting from A to B faster than light
Hyperdrive - getting from A to B faster than light
As Millis suggests, that in itself may be the major showstopper to such a concept.
So it would appear the reality of hyperspace in Star Wars (and the hyperdrives that make such a dimension possible) is far from becoming a reality here on Earth - if at all.
www.exn.ca /starwars/hyperdrive.cfm   (1280 words)

  
 Vosonic HYPERDRIVE 2.0 USB Flash drive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The HyperDrive 2.0 is a portable USB hard drive used for storage and transportation of data and applications.
Lightweight and compact, the HyperDrive is incredibly small and can fit right into your pocket.
The HyperDrive 2.0 acts as a removable hard drive when plugged into a USB port.
www.vosonic.co.uk /hyperdrive.html   (102 words)

  
 Hyperdrive Motorsport
Hyperdrive are a speciality performance and tuning shop dedicated to increasing and maintaining the performance and effectiveness of your car.
With a diverse outlook on performance technology, Hyperdrive are able to cator for the requirments of you and your vehicle.
With a strong focus on Japanese import performance, Hyperdrive have recently included the Nizpro XR6 turbo upgrades and LS1 Commodore tuning to their extensive service list.
www.hyperdrivems.com.au   (120 words)

  
 Scientists moot gravity-busting hyperdrive | The Register
Nonetheless, the so-called "hyperdrive" concept won last year's American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics award for the best nuclear and future flight paper.
Heim, then, proposed that "a rotating magnetic field could reduce the influence of gravity on a spacecraft enough for it to take off" - an idea which caught the eye of Wernher von Braun when it was first proposed in 1959 and the rocket scientist was working on the US's Saturn launch vehicle.
After the initial excitement died down, however, Heim moved on to other projects and his hyperdrive theory slowly gathered dust until the arrival of Walter Dröscher in 1980.
www.theregister.co.uk /2006/01/06/hyperdrive   (654 words)

  
 Backup data and play music with Sanho Hyperdrive Mini
Transferring at 16 MB/s, the HyperDrive Mini is the world’s fastest memory card backup (portable storage) device.
If you’re on the go, and there’s a good chance you are if something like this interests you, you’ll be glad to know that the HyperDrive Mini is, well, mini… and its high capacity lithium-ion batteries will keep you going, up to 30GB of transfers on a single charge.
Add to all of this that the HyperDrive also doubles as an MP3/WMA player, and this thing is starting to sound like an iPod that’ll take all your memory cards too.
www.mobilemag.com /redirect.php?content=5547   (368 words)

  
 Hyperdrive engine could let us reach Mars in 3 hours
Heim retreated into almost total seclusion rather early in his career, and left behind massive amounts of physics and mathematics materiel, still not well understood by the majority of scientists today.
I find this man and his work extremely interesting, and I pray to whatever gods there may be that this hyperdrive technology works...
The context they are using moot is more likely the more commonly used one of meaning debatable..
digg.com /science/Hyperdrive_engine_could_let_us_reach_Mars_in_3_hours   (2700 words)

  
 Quinton Hyperdrive Treadmill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The ClubTrack Hyperdrive is an extension of the ever popular predecessor, the ClubTrack 3.0 which has over the years built the reputation of being one of the most reliable treadmills.
The marked improvement is the remarkable Hyperdrive AC Motor drive system, specifically designed by Quinton for Heavy-duty Treadmill use.
This exceptionally quiet, exclusive management system delivers a precise speed control and natural walking or running sensation with no "lag" when the foot strikes the belt.
www.acompshop.com /1291.html   (265 words)

  
 HyperDrive 2.0 USB Flash Drive
The HyperDrive USB 2.0 is a portable USB hard drive used for storage and transportation of data and applications.
The HyperDrive uses durable solid state storage, thus there are no moving parts making it shock resistant.
HyperDrive comes with a USB extension cable and a Docking station for convenient use on systems with USB ports that are not easily accessible.
www.card-media.co.uk /hyperdrive.htm   (273 words)

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