In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, the Naquadah Generator is a power source which can provide enormous and practically endless amounts of clean energy. The device uses the element Naqahdah to provide power. The Earth version of the device was created by Samantha Carter, based on Orbanian designs, in the episode "Learning Curve". The naquadah generator has been used to power not only many Earth-based technology but can be adapted to power other alien technology, such as Ancient technology. The generator is less than a meter long, and is shaped rather like a dumbbell with spheres at its ends; however, it also has a central control module to either power it down to fifty percent or zero. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Stargate SG-1 (popularly abbreviated as SG1 or SG-1) is a television series based upon the 1994 science fiction film Stargate. ... Naqahdah [ˈnækwɪdʌ] is a fictional, superheavy metal used in Stargate SG-1 (and also in the original Stargate movie, though it was not named, only described as a quartzite-like material (it was not stated why it was quartzite-like, but fans speculate that it turns physical impacts... In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, the Tauri or People of the Tauri (sometimes apostrophized as Tauri) are humans from Earth. ... Samantha Sam Carter is a fictional character in the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, played by English-Canadian actress Amanda Tapping. ... Orbanian (Stargate) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In the science fiction television show Stargate SG-1, the Tauri or People of the Tauri (sometimes apostrophized as Tauri) are humans from Earth. ... An Ancient known as Oma Desala. ...

The Mark II Naquadah Generator, so far only seen in Stargate Atlantis (in "The Siege)", operates at a state of barely-controlled overload; this produces sufficient power to operate the Ancient control chair which previously required a Zero Point Module. Stargate Atlantis is a spin-off from the television series Stargate SG-1, which was based on the film Stargate (1994). ... The Siege, Part 1 is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis. ... In the television series Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis a drone weapon is a device built by the Ancients, similar to a guided missile. ... A Zero Point Module, abbreviated ZPM, is a fictional power device in the Stargate universe capable of generating immense amounts of energy utilizing zero point energy which derives from a phenomenon known as the quantum foam (subatomic wormholes opening and closing constantly in and out of subspace). ...

A naquadah generator can also be converted into a bomb, as seen in the episode "Scorched Earth".