So I'm writing about this imaginary underwater civilization, and I've only recently decided that I want them to be rather advanced. Problem is, I'm not sure how to power any of their technology because of the setting. I was think maybe something like a water current powered generator? But if I do that, how exactly can I develop anything that doesn't use electricity? I'm not planning on going into deep detail on how their tools work, but I'd like to write something that doesn't sound completely ignorant of how things ACTUALLY work.
I'm also wondering which would be cooler:
A) A journal that you can type into, like a computer and then it holograms what you've written in front of you so you can read it.
B) A journal that's basically a recorder and you can just listen to your thoughts
C) a combo of the two (Explain please, like you write and then a generic voice reads or you speak and it goes into words. whichever)
Thanks!
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Interesting technology that is soon to be of the real world: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40452817/ns/technology...
Basically underwater ocean turbines...
I think A is pretty cool...but a combo would be awsome
Since it is unlikely that a civilization that developed entirely underwater (like a civilization of dolphins) would have need for electricity (or hands and feet for that matter) and it is also unlikely that a pre-technology human civilization would be able to migrate from above water to underwater, we'll assume that a fairly technologically advanced human civilization migrated from above water to underwater, hence having hand and feet and a need for electricity based technology.
Generating electricity underwater is easy -- nuclear power; that's how modern submarines do it. If necessary, you can have the generator buried miles underground with many many access ports and vents.
As far as recording technology, typing would be obsolete and 24x7 video surveillance technology would be the order of the day (no privacy.) Many ways to justify the government surveillance technology deployment (doesn't have to be Orwellian, but will have strong Orwellian undercurrents), and audio/video surveillance technology is just journal recording technology in disguise.
Well, if it's deep sea then it can be powered by fish poop. lol kind of like elephant poop here. lol but if it's not in deep sea, then solar powered... but with water proof solar panels.. like these flashlights http://www.solarpowerninja.com/wp-content/uploads/...
And i think c would be cooler. Like you talk, and it will come into words onto a screen, then you can correct misspellings on a touch screen type of thing. Then you push a button that shows it as a hologram
Thats all i got sorry
And thanks for answering my question!!
xx -Maddy