Liquid geo (meaning 'liquid geometry') is a standard, multi-purpose display technology used by Kryptonian culture, consisting of a collection of silver beads that are suspended through a magnetic field and can be dynamically arranged to create a three-dimensional surface that hovers in the air.
History[]
Liquid geo was developed long ago by Kryptonians as their technological advancements flourished during the Golden Age of Krypton's history.[1]
During the Kryptonian Expansion, scout ships were outfitted with caches of liquid for projections within the cockpit, likely for visualizations of planets and communications.[1]
Service robots' thoraxes contain liquid geo. Kelex was able to display the vital signs of Kal-El as an infant during his birth, and later with Kelor, facilitated communication between Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van.[1]
The liquid geo manifested the command key Jor-El placed in Kal's pod.[1]
During Kal-El's launch from Krypton, a liquid geo display was used to show his destination, Earth, and the anatomy of humans for Jor-El to study.[1]
On Scout Ship 0344, a service robot used its liquid geo cache to form a plasma-tipped whip that it used to defend the ship from Clark Kent and Lois Lane, severely hurting Lois. Later, Jor-El walked Clark through Krypton's history when teaching his son about his heritage. This was all displayed with liquid geo.[1]
Human biology rendered by liquid geo.
On the Black Zero prison frigate, liquid geo consoles were used to monitor activity on Earth, as well as display information regarding the world engine launched on the planet.[1]
The world engine deployed by the Black Zero possessed stores of liquid geo that it used as a defense mechanism when attacked by Superman.[1]
Lex Luthor used Scout Ship 0344's liquid geo display to learn about Steppenwolf and the Mother Boxes.[2]
Alternate universes[]
Flashpoint[]
General Zod implemented the liquid geo into his battle armor, using it as an interface for his arm device, capable of controlling the Black Zero.[3]
Capabilities[]
Liquid Geo was a standard multi-purposed technology used by Kryptonian culture in a variety of ways, due to it's ability to form solid constructs almost instantaneously. It was commonly used for display technology, since liquid geo could form dynamic three-dimensional shapes in mid-air, as long as suspended in a magnetic field, making for an intuitive visual interface to present information with. Zod's World Engine used liquid geo for defensive purposes, generating many huge tentacle-shaped solid constructs that were effective enough to hold off even Superman, though only for a short time.
Trivia[]
- According to a featurette from WIRED, liquid geo is not actually liquid, it is in fact composed of tiny tetrahedron-shaped metallic beads suspended in a magnetic field.