Project Chronos is a proposed experimental platform for precision timing, relativistic physics, spacetime simulation, sensor fusion and advanced scientific instrumentation—using the theoretical idea of extreme spacetime engineering as a long-term research inspiration.
The project starts with real physics and real hardware: precision clocks, inertial sensing, vacuum experiments, computational models and a physical demonstrator. Each phase produces measurable results before the next phase is funded.
Experimental timing • spacetime simulation • scientific instrumentation
Precision-timing demonstrators, sensor arrays, data acquisition, vacuum experiments, visualization hardware and simulation software.
Traversable wormholes, temporal displacement and any device that produces macroscopic backward time travel.
Early funding buys instrumentation, fabrication, computing time, independent review and the evidence needed for larger research proposals.
For constant relative velocity, special relativity predicts:
Δτ = Δt √(1 − v²/c²)
Chronos will model and, where feasible, experimentally characterize timing differences produced by controlled motion and gravitational/acceleration environments.
Software will explore theoretical geometries and visualize how coordinate time, proper time and causal structure behave under different assumptions.
Paired timing references, disciplined oscillators, environmental monitoring and synchronized data acquisition.
IMUs, temperature, pressure, position and optical measurements combined into a unified experimental record.
Results should be reproducible, documented and reviewed by qualified physicists and engineers before strong claims are made.
CAD, numerical relativity-inspired models, timing algorithms, system architecture and experimental protocols.
Deliverable: technical design + simulation packageLow-voltage control electronics, data acquisition, sensors, display system, safety interlocks and a Chronos control interface.
Deliverable: working laboratory demonstratorBuild a paired-clock platform and characterize timing behavior under controlled motion, acceleration and environmental conditions.
Deliverable: calibrated dataset + reportDevelop a properly rated laboratory vacuum/optical platform for controlled experiments relevant to precision measurement and quantum-field-inspired effects.
Deliverable: experimental results + uncertainty analysisWith qualified academic or laboratory partners, pursue more demanding gravitational, quantum and spacetime questions.
Deliverable: peer-review-ready research proposalSupports control electronics, sensors, fabrication and the first physical Chronos demonstrator.
Funds precision timing equipment, fabrication, computing, test infrastructure and independent technical review.
Supports a multi-phase research program, professional engineering, advanced instrumentation and university/laboratory collaboration.
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) currently describes Phase I studies at $225,000 for nine months, Phase II at $750,000 for two years and Phase III at $2 million for two years; eligibility and solicitation requirements apply. NSF currently lists Gravitational Physics opportunities covering experimental/data-analysis work on questions about space, time and gravity, and a 2026 SBIR/STTR pilot emphasizes scientific instrumentation.
We're looking for sponsors, technical advisors, academic collaborators, equipment donors and research partners who want to support ambitious—but scientifically honest—exploration of time, measurement and spacetime.
Early partners are not being asked to believe that a time machine already exists. They are being invited to help establish whether the underlying measurement and instrumentation program can produce useful, reproducible science.
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Project: Project Chronos
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Location: Boise, Idaho, USA
This page is a sponsor-facing concept site, not a grant application and not a claim that a working time machine can currently be built.
Boise State University's Department of Physics and Astronomy lists research in areas including computational physics and astronomy, with programs supported by NSF, NASA and other agencies. Its College of Engineering also explicitly welcomes partnerships with industry, government and universities.