I believe it was clear some time ago that the only relationship Rossi had with NI was that they would provide advice on the use of their products, basically the kind of thing any company might do for a customer should Rossi ever be a customer.That's a reasonable interpretation of NI's press release, but that's not what Rossi has been claiming.
Rossi has stated repeatedly in in depth that he was "working closely" with NI to design the controller for his E-Cat. He boasted about how much their engineering resources have helped in making the E-Cat production-ready.
In other words, Rossi was lying.
“He boasted about how much their engineering resources have helped in making the E-Cat production-ready”.
Yes...The engineering staff at Black and Decker have thrown their resources into building a device for me. Thanks guys! The coffee maker works fine, Wal-Mart and I have formed a business relationship as a result.