Thiago Olson, 17, stands near his nuclear fusion reactor, which he calls "the Fusor," at home in Oakland Township on Friday. After more than two years and 1,000 hours of research, the Stoney Creek High School senior, with a little help from his dad, built the machine.
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To: ajolympian2004
just keep him the 'ell out of Midland...
Wait! On the other hand...
To: ajolympian2004
About 40,000 volts of electricity are charged into the chamber from a piece of equipment taken from an old mammogram machine. ...that's rich.
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6 posted on
11/22/2006 3:15:00 AM PST by
Miss Marple
(Lord, thank you for Mozart Lover's son's safe return, and look after Jemian's son, please!)
To: ajolympian2004
Fusion using deuterium is one of the easiest nuclear reactions to perform. You need a small bottle of D2 gas, a vacuum system, a specially configured chamber and a modest high voltage power supply. Fusion devices are widely used in elemental analyis, oil well logging, etc. Here we're not talking about fusion power generators, just simple vacuum tubes that produce neutrons. That said, putting together such an apparatus requires time, skill and patience. Measuring the neutron output is another challenge. Read all about fusors here: http://fusor.net/
To: ajolympian2004
Pffft. Let him tackle the hard stuff. Like a flux capacitor...
8 posted on
11/22/2006 3:27:55 AM PST by
libs_kma
(Monica blew while Al-Queda grew.....Oh well, Clinton happens!)
To: ajolympian2004
I made penicillin in a lunch bag that fell behind my desk.
Owl_Eagle
If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.
10 posted on
11/22/2006 3:37:15 AM PST by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: ajolympian2004
What's the big deal. I created some fusion back in high school until her father found out about it.
13 posted on
11/22/2006 3:47:00 AM PST by
Past Your Eyes
(Do what you love and the ridicule will follow.)
To: ajolympian2004
14 posted on
11/22/2006 3:57:49 AM PST by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
To: ajolympian2004
Nuclear fusion as the savior of mankind has been reappearing in one venue or another for, what, forty years? This looks like a fun science project, but I s'pect it won't draw a long line of investors this week.
16 posted on
11/22/2006 4:09:42 AM PST by
stevem
To: Marie Antoinette
18 posted on
11/22/2006 4:15:40 AM PST by
Big Giant Head
(I should change my tagline to "Big Giant Pancake on my Head")
To: ajolympian2004
When I saw the words, Fusion and Detroit, I was thinking, "Uh, oh. Mecca, Michigan...this can't be good."
20 posted on
11/22/2006 4:16:10 AM PST by
Sensei Ern
(http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy - For a good time visit www.laurelbaptisttemple.org)
To: ajolympian2004
Perhaps he can get a research grant to work with Fleischmann and Pons.
22 posted on
11/22/2006 4:27:58 AM PST by
reg45
To: ajolympian2004
He's just one mistake away from either vaporizing himself, or becoming the next superhero! ("While working in his lab late one night, Thiago accidentally exposes himself to some highly-charged deterium...")
23 posted on
11/22/2006 4:48:42 AM PST by
JMK
(One of the lucky few -- escaped from NJ during the Florio years!)
To: ajolympian2004
Wow! He's a cutie too.
Too bad my daughter is not ten years older. We are in the next city over.
26 posted on
11/22/2006 5:06:32 AM PST by
netmilsmom
(To attack one section of Christianity in this day and age, is to waste time.)
To: ajolympian2004
Teen creates nuclear fusion in basement.They say that'll make you go blind, I hear.
29 posted on
11/22/2006 5:12:11 AM PST by
sayfer bullets
("....man's got to know his limitations" - Dirty Harry)
To: ajolympian2004
Anybody remember the Boy Scout who irradiated his Pennsylvania neighborhood when he began conducting experiments in his basement? IIRC, the had to demolish surrounding homes and pour concrete over the foundations.
30 posted on
11/22/2006 5:13:46 AM PST by
SJSAMPLE
To: ajolympian2004
35 posted on
11/22/2006 5:50:28 AM PST by
Southerngl
(When people fail to control themselves, they settle for controlling others.)
To: ajolympian2004
"Brain blast!"
39 posted on
11/22/2006 5:55:47 AM PST by
reagan_fanatic
(Stop global warming - tell a liberal to shut up)
To: ajolympian2004
hold muh HI-C and watch this?
40 posted on
11/22/2006 5:57:50 AM PST by
absolootezer0
("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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