Virtual particles in vacuum

The statement "there is no such thing as nothing" is supported by quantum physics, which shows that even a "vacuum" is not empty but is a dynamic space filled with virtual particles and fluctuating energy fields.

In this universe, anything that can vibrate will vibrate. No oscillator is ever truly at rest. In the quantum field, virtual particles are formed and annihilated at the speed of light. A virtual particle can "exist" for a time inversely proportional to the energy deviation from a real particle state. Literature estimates the relaxation time of virtual particles to 10^-22 seconds.

We assume that the interaction with virtual particles is the key to extract Zero Point Energy. How can you engineer anything that shall interact with something as short as 10^-22? Note that when the industrial evolution began with the steam engine, the scale of engineering was meters. When engineering made it possible to control fission of atoms, the scale was lowered by an exponent of 10 to 10^-10. The challange today is to reduce the scale again by an exponent of 10 to approach 10^-22. 

"Zeptometry" is not a single, established scientific term, but rather an emerging area of particle physics research that uses the prefix "zepto-" (10^-21) to denote measurements at an extremely small scale. The term also relates to the measurement of extremely small masses, such as a zeptogram (10^-21) grams), using nanoscale devices.