[Cold Heat]

But does it heat sausages?

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[parsifal]

Well by all means they should tell the friggin world about it. Heck, during the Battle of Britain the Germans were not aware what all the radar towers were. Can you imagine Churchill coming out with, “We have a cool new defensive weapon which tells us where Jerry is flying in...”

parsy, who can’t believe these guys

[InShanghai]

A great book on the advent of the magnetron:

The invention that changed the world: How a small group of radar pioneers won the second world war and launched a technical revolution.

Harnessing the ability to make and control microwave was critical for WW2 and has greatly improved our lives. Lightwaves, terahertz, and one day a true understanding of magnetic forces... Who says technology has reached a limit?

[HiTech RedNeck]

What a microwave could be made with this. Hamburger, one second flat.

[Pontiac]

By expanding negatively charged electrode (cathode) and positively charged electrode areas, the team produced a new device that, while more compact than current designs, permits higher currents and supplies a larger area for heat dissipation.

More compact yet has a large surface area?

What will they think of next?

[dennisw]

How soon before the Chinese steal this technology? The ChiComs will use Chinese working directly on project or peripherally to steal the technology

We have tons of foreign graduate students in science and engineering and guess who they will go work for. Where do their loyalties lie?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks sonofstrangelove.

[grellis]

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