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.
I tend to look at stories like this as a counter to those folks in the media and elsewhere who constantly malign our young people in this country, from K - 12 and college age. Thiago Olson is living proof that our GREATEST generation is yet to come. In my experience he is typical of many teenagers today. The small percentage of 'bad' kids get all the publicity in the media, whereas the overwhelming majority who are doing well do not.
"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."
The point of the post is that a 17 year old pulled this off in his basement with very little help. I'm not sure he was trying to attract investors. Rather, he was doing science for the love of it, and I'm here to tell you that if you love what you do, enough money will follow.