The lost nuclear fusion reactor design? Robert Bussard, claimed he'd cracked the problem

wattsupwiththat.com ^ | March 31, 2015

[Talisker]

Polio, Smallpox, Gonorrhea, rabies’s, Pneumonia etc were all serious diseases 100 years ago. Now no longer fatal.

Given that all cancers have low oxygen dependencies there's no reason that can't be accomplished with cancer, too. Except, of course, that there's no money in solving this problem. Quite the opposite, in fact.

[Talisker]

People who live at altitude are more suseptable?

No, because you'll breathe in the required amount no matter what. However the amount of cellular oxygen available thought the body varies greatly depending on lots of factors - diet, exercise, toxin buildups, etc. Wherever it is low, cancer can live.

[ckilmer]

lol $30 million for Microsoft is like for you and me to plunk down $30 for some interesting gizmo we see in that catalog on a flight, thinking it will be useful.
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Except that if you read the literature on the Polywell reactor—its small enough and simple enough in design that $30 million is enough for a small test reactor.

[entropy12]

Well, if the reactor is practical, we should soon see it in the market place.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Personally, I am very close to solving the problem of Perpetual Motion, and just a small infusion of cash will allow me to complete my research.

I also have pretty much cracked the "car that runs on water" problem.