Near the bottom of the excerpt ...
““Maintaining U.S. government funding for basic research is essential—and an investment in all of our futures,” the professor said.”
-“Maintaining U.S. government funding for basic research is essential—and an investment in all of our futures,” the professor said.-
I’m skeptical but I think they could determine if it works and can be scaled up to useful outputs with a small amount of time and money (say $100,000 and one year) if the government does not fund it.
If the government funds it the project will explode to $10 billion in ten years with no results.
“With a little more time and money we can make this work. We are so close”
““Maintaining U.S. government funding for basic research is essential—and an investment in all of our futures,” the professor said.”
Bingo... That is the “energy” that will come from this... Nothing more...
Did you read the description of the high “Technology?”
“First, the team made a hollow cylinder from a soft, magnetic material containing manganese, zinc, and iron. Although it was purchased a decade ago, Chyba said the custom-manufactured MnZn ferrite shell only cost “about $400.”
MnZn ferrites are commonly used in electronic applications for making transformers, transducers and inductors. So “custom” means “cut to length with a hacksaw”.
“The team also built a customized wood “turntable” and mounted it on an MRI cart.”
Drilled holes in a Lazy Susan and mounted it on an “MRI” cart. The base could have easily been a milk crate or bed and bath end table.
“Chyba told The Debref that the turntable guaranteed that the relative position of the meters, wires, and device did not change during rotation.”
Easily turned and aimed because of the Lazy Susan and stable once aimed.
Fancy words for very primitive construction using garbage dumpster hauls and throw aways.