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Michigan Teen Creates Nuclear Fusion
United Press International ^
| November 19, 2006
| UPI
Posted on 11/19/2006 8:43:02 PM PST by Lancey Howard
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An ambitious teenager in Rochester Hills, Mich., is ranked as the 18th amateur in the world to create nuclear fusion -- combining atoms to create energy.
The Detroit Free Press reported that 17-year-old Thiago Olson set up a machine in his parents' garage and has been working exhaustively for more than two years. His machine creates nuclear fusion on a small scale.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coldfusion; farnsworth; fusion; fusor; michigan; nuclearfusion; philofarnsworth; philotfarnsworth; stellarator
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To: Lancey Howard
Yeah, but can he get a date on Friday night?
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:05:37 PM PST
by
Drango
(Earth first, we'll strip-mine the other planets later!)
To: GravityFree
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:05:45 PM PST
by
expatpat
To: Lancey Howard
meanwhile 99.9% of teens his age care ,more about getting to the next level of WOW.
To: Lancey Howard
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:12:46 PM PST
by
Krankor
(kROGER)
To: Lancey Howard
See...???
See....?!!!
....OUCH!
Me only BUY from nice man with the beard and funny accent in Denny's parking lot. He has nice toys.
Kinda nervous, though.
Guess he should switch to the de-caf.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:13:35 PM PST
by
PoorMuttly
("Character is Destiny" -- Heraclitus)
To: Lancey Howard
See...???
See....?!!!
....OUCH!
Me only BUY from nice man with the beard and funny accent in Denny's parking lot. He has nice toys.
Kinda nervous, though.
Guess he should switch to the de-caf.
26
posted on
11/19/2006 9:13:53 PM PST
by
PoorMuttly
("Character is Destiny" -- Heraclitus)
To: PoorMuttly
Hey!
Ooooooooo. It's an Automatic.
Uh...gotta go now. Heh...heh...only joking. Heh..heh.
bye.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:18:45 PM PST
by
PoorMuttly
("Character is Destiny" -- Heraclitus)
To: SirKit
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:19:44 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: Lancey Howard
Big deal, Howard Dean has been creating nuclear fusion out of his ass for many years...... ha ha
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:21:19 PM PST
by
Enchante
(America-haters and Terrorists Around the World Embrace Chamberlain Democrats)
To: Lancey Howard
Reminds me of the campfire scene in 'Blazing Saddles'.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:21:24 PM PST
by
dc-zoo
To: Lancey Howard
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:27:04 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(If the Romans had nukes, Carthage would still be glowing.)
To: Lancey Howard
Olson's machine consists of a vacuum that sucks air out, and then deuterium -- a form of hydrogen -- is injected into the vacuum. He then charges electricity into the vacuum, causing the atoms in the center to be attracted to one another, creating nuclear fusion. Fusion at low pressure, are there any hydrinos present? (Just my way of saying bullsh|t.)
To: endthematrix
It doesn't look all that difficult to do. It involves the creation of an electrically induced plasma between an inner and outer wire ball electrode in a rarefied deuterium gas. The toughest thing seems to be to get and hold a hard enough vacuum for long enough in the system to purge it from other substances that will interfere with the deuterium plasma.
The fusion yield isn't anywhere close to the break even point, but it can emit some serious radiation.
To: Lancey Howard
I am really disappointed. All these comments and not one pic of Doc and Mr. Fusion.
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:29:45 PM PST
by
Dawggie
To: Lancey Howard
I did a double take when I saw this thread....
I thought it said...."Nuclear fission."
To: HiTech RedNeck
I'm pretty happy with my carb rebuild on my snow thrower! If this guy has a weather machine he can send some snow my way to test it...
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:31:50 PM PST
by
endthematrix
("If it's not the Crusades, it's the cartoons.")
To: Lancey Howard
A bit of advice, son...
"Wear a cup"
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:32:46 PM PST
by
bigbob
(2)
To: Lancey Howard
To: Dawggie
To: Lancey Howard
Damn...I was just about to post:
IBMF
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posted on
11/19/2006 9:42:24 PM PST
by
Squeako
(ACLU: "Only Christians, Boy Scouts and War Memorials are too vile to defend.")
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