Build a Nuclear Fusion Reactor at Home

FridayBob writes "For those of you tired of waiting around for someone else to achieve the holy grail of physics, now's your chance to beat 'em all to it. All you need is some basic engineering skills, this site and the inspiration necessary to make your very own 'fusor' produce more energy than it consumes. Hopefully, you'll have more luck than its inventor, Philo T. Farnsworth, who first built it in the 1950's after inventing the television some 30 years earlier. If you run into problems you'll be able to count on a enthusiastic support group, as the contraption seems to have developed a cult following over the past few years. Okay, so I'm skeptical that this approach will ever really work, but at the very least it sounds like a really cool science project!"

Comments

And get bombed by Bush?

[corebreech]

Pass.

Mr. Fusion

[DeadBugs]

Finally I can get a Mr. Fusion to power my Flux Capacitor.

Homer Qoute:

[Shymon]

" Lisa in this house we obey the law of thermodynamics!"

Danger(TV) Danger(Fusion Reactor)

[Johnso]

Whether or not this ever works, TV will go down as Farnsworth's most detrimental contribution to humanity.

philo should have combined the two...

[limber]

because then he would have wound up with a

NUCLEAR POWERED TELEVISION SET!!

now that's a plasma screen worth looking at...

Re:From their newbie page

[sjames]

Surely, solar power will be very practical then.

Farnsworth?

[ar1550]

I'd trust an inventor named Farnsworth just as much as I'd trust a physician named Zoidberg.

Farnsworth?

[Chicane-UK]

Hehe... wonder if Hubert J Farnsworth is a relative of his :)

The article would have been better if they started with 'Good news everyone...' ;)

Finally!

[403Forbidden]

Now we don't have to develop a static powered car, but can rather make a Mr Fusion to power the Flux Capacitor so we can go to the future where all of life's problems are already solved!

Keep this quiet

[Spamalamadingdong]

I have a pocket full of chemical reactors which can reach a temperature of thousands of degrees Fahrenheit within a half-second of initiation, and can be used to start many highly destructive reactions.

But don't tell anyone I own a book of matches, okay?

I've always thought the prelude line was funnier

[kfg]

"This perpetual motion machine Lisa built is broken. It just keeps going faster and faster."

KFG

Nah - Not Unless You Have Oil.

[Shturmovik]

Then you'd be in trouble.