[Liberty1970]

I do have one comment. As a quality engineer for safety critical electronic modules in the automotive industry, I'd point out the E-Cat will need some very robust software controls, especially if it is going to run in a risky 'self-sustain' mode that can theoretically overheat and fail catastrophically. (I use this term in the engineering sense, not in the sense of a mushroom cloud rising from a dead E-cat.)

Anyway, whomever designs these software controls is going to need to have pretty intimate knowledge of the operational parameters of the E-cat. They may not know the catalyst, but via testing and from Rossi himself they will need to know the precise parameters for proper operation. Since Rossi is not a software engineer himself and I've never heard him discuss this, some team at NI or elsewhere will be learning an awful lot about the fine details of running an E-cat.

[Jonty30]

It’ll be interesting to see what commercial or industrial uses arises from e-cat technology.

[dinodino]

Yeah, like where to put the funnel when you’re pouring the hydrogen peroxide into the secret chamber before doing a customer demo...

[Fee]

Either E Cat is a scam or they have very prudent inventors who understand what a successful cold fusion reactor will mean and how many special interests would try to sabotage it technically, legally and/or covertly. If you were Russia who rely on oil exports for cash/power, what would Putin do? If you were OPEC who rely on oil exports for cash and power, what would the sheiks do? If you are oil execs anticipating high oil prices/profits as the US EPA strangles exploration and etc and E Cat can obsolete your products, what will they do? Powerful people will kill for money.
If E Cat is legit, we are living in a historical event like the Edison light bulb and Westinghouse electrification of society. Major game changer for the world.

[blackdog]

What exactly are robust software controls? I mean inputs are made or not made, greater than or less than tables are true or false, 4 to 20 algorythm devices provide tuning for modulation, and all that is control voltage. There is no robustness in control systems. There may be duplicate inputs and outputs for redundancy, but there is nothing robust about that.

Robustness comes from operating sides of a system, or operating voltage or heat. That means better pipes, better actuating valve systems, flow controls with durability, better heat exchangers, good freq. drives, and robust construction methods done by the best machinists and welders.

So far all we see is black tape and extension cords.