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Scientists put the Sun in our pockets (nuclear fusion using crystals)
UK Telegraph ^
| Apr. 28, 2005
| Roger Highfield
Posted on 04/27/2005 8:30:27 PM PDT by FairOpinion
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To: FairOpinion
"You're actually looking at the tracks of the fusion in the scintillator."
The scintillator.
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posted on
04/27/2005 8:47:53 PM PDT
by
isthisnickcool
(You must respect my a-tor-it-tah!)
To: cspackler
Great Scott! You're right!
To: FairOpinion
Outstanding research that could be a breakthrough in new power sources. Sounds like they're sensitive about pissing off the oil industry though.
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posted on
04/27/2005 8:48:59 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: isthisnickcool
Should spell it "skintillator".
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posted on
04/27/2005 8:50:24 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: CMOTB
deuterium - heavy hydrogen - using a piezoelectric crystal The piezoelectric crystal is simply quarts, and is used in exactly the same way to ignite your BBQ grill.
The key element is the deuterium, and that is not something you can obtain at your local hardware store.
Not to mention, deuterium is not cheap!
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posted on
04/27/2005 8:50:40 PM PDT
by
Hunble
To: Fitzcarraldo
Great Scott! You're right!Of couse I am... and quit calling me Scott.
Done in my best deadpan Leslie Nielsen voice.
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posted on
04/27/2005 8:51:29 PM PDT
by
cspackler
(There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't.)
To: FairOpinion
> ... with the help of crystals no bigger than a sugar cube ...
Finally.
Crystolic fusion.
Will the name Buzz Lightyear be on the patent?
To: Rocky
Maybe they could implant one of those mini reactors in every Republican Senator as a substitute for gonads.
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posted on
04/27/2005 8:54:22 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: Hunble
No... "quarts" is beer. "Quartz" are crystals.
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posted on
04/27/2005 8:56:37 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: FairOpinion; fooman
Seth Putterman is a heavy hitter in the physics world. I had him in for a one hour talk on sono-fusion and he was the best speaker of the series. He showed up with a three inch stack of transparencies (everybody else shows up with a laptop and powerpoint) and asked me how long the talk should be.
I told him an hour, he said he came prepared to talk for three and laughed. During the talk he would speak about the current overhead and leaf through his stack for the next without ever losing the thread. It was an amazing talk.
During the Q&A someone asked about a dispute concerning a refereed paper in Science and his involvement. He asked that the cameras recording him be stopped and we of course complied. He then answered the question in a most amusing manner.
Great man, great speaker. I'd bet there is something here.
regards,
To: dc-zoo
Maybe they could implant one of those mini reactors in every Republican Senator as a substitute for gonads. Perhaps this has already happened, because a high neutron flux would destroy gonads.
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:06:48 PM PDT
by
DrDavid
(Support Global Warming: Surf the Hebrides)
To: dc-zoo
To: FairOpinion
Amazing, they said it doesn't generate as much energy as it takes in, but I'm sure enough engineering could solve that.
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:17:40 PM PDT
by
Brett66
(W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
To: FairOpinion
Sounds interesting, but very doubtful.
To: dc-zoo
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:29:32 PM PDT
by
investigateworld
( God bless Poland for giving the world JP II & a Protestant bump for his Sainthood!)
To: FairOpinion
60 year cell phone power source. :') Which means the "batteries" will outlast the phone about fifteen-fold (at least).
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:34:09 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: KevinDavis
And it's not April Fool's Month.
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:34:50 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(FR profiled updated Monday, April 11, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
To: FairOpinion
Makes pocket pool obsolete!
To: FairOpinion
According to the storylines, don't these run on crystals?
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:38:26 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: SteveMcKing
Your a genius! My idea is just to soak the tumor in bleach.
Maybe we could team up and find some venture capital. The robot could use bleach.....
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posted on
04/27/2005 9:43:33 PM PDT
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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