Posted on 11/19/2006 8:43:02 PM PST by Lancey Howard
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An ambitious teenager in Rochester Hills, Mich., is ranked as the 18th amateur in the world to create nuclear fusion -- combining atoms to create energy.
The Detroit Free Press reported that 17-year-old Thiago Olson set up a machine in his parents' garage and has been working exhaustively for more than two years. His machine creates nuclear fusion on a small scale.
(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...
Bump to read in my next halflife...
The real promise of fusion is more energy out, than what is put in. When this kid (or anyone else) does this, then this thread will become of great interest.
He also has a MySpace&Time page. :)
ah, here it is, from 2003...
Freshman's nuclear fusion reactor has USU physics faculty in awe
deseretnews.com | 9-16-03 | Alan Edwards
Posted on 09/17/2003 11:18:21 PM EDT by wafflehouse
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/984600/posts
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