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College Freshman Builds Fusion Reactor
Aiua writes "The Deseret Morning News is reporting that a Utah State University freshman has built a nuclear fusion reactor and compares how the student is similar to Philo T. Farnsworth (the inventor of the television and designer of the plans for a fusion reactor)."
deuteron ions
Oh, cold fusion.
Nothing to see here.
I pray they don't get their swarthy hands on this technology.
Fun with fusion: Freshman's nuclear fusion reactor has USU physics faculty in awe
By Alan Edwards
Deseret Morning News
LOGAN -- A widespread belief among physicists nowadays is that modern science requires squadrons of scientists and wildly expensive equipment.
Spanish Fork High graduate Craig Wallace shows off his nuclear fusion reactor, based on the plans of Utah's own Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of TV.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Morning News Craig Wallace and Philo T. Farnsworth are putting the lie to all that.
Wallace, a baby-faced tennis player fresh out of Spanish Fork High School, had almost the entire physics faculty of Utah State University hovering (and arguing) over an apparatus he had cobbled together from parts salvaged from junk yards and charity drops.
The apparatus is nothing less than the sine qua non of modern science: a nuclear fusion reactor, based on the plans of Utah's own Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of television.
The reactor sat on a table with an attached vacuum pump wheezing away. A television monitor showed what was inside: a glowing ball of gas surrounded by a metal helix.
The ball is, literally, a small sun, where an electric field forces deuteron ions (a form of hydrogen) to gather, bang together and occasionally fuse, spitting out a neutron each time fusion occurs.
"Here I am with this thing here," Wallace mused, looking at his surroundings. "Who'da thought?"
Wallace and Farnsworth are much alike. Both are (or were -- Farnsworth died in 1971) tinkerers. While Wallace was in grade school, his mother got a flat tire while he was riding with her. He fixed it. For his part, Farnsworth began improvising electric motors at a young age. Both went on to bigger and better things.
"He was never motivated to take science," said Wallace's father, Allen Wallace. "It was really the tinkering that motivated him."
When Craig was a sophomore in high school, browsing the Internet he discovered that Farnsworth had come up with a way to create deuteron ion plasma, a prerequisite to fusion.
While it was not good for production of energy (the source of much embarrassment to the University of Utah in the cold fusion debacle in the late 1980s), Farnsworth's design did emit neutrons, a useful tool for commercial applications and scientific experimentation.
USU freshman physics major Craig Wallace, center, demonstrates his experiment to USU professors John Raitt, left, and Farrell Edwards.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Morning News "He (Farnsworth) was after the Holy Grail of excess energy, but everyone agrees that it's mostly useful as a neutron generator," Allen Wallace said.
About 30 such devices exist around the country, owned by such entities as Los Alamos National Laboratories, NASA and universities. ("I bet I'm the only high school student that has one," Craig Wallace said.)
Looking at Farnsworth's plans for the first time, Craig and his father both had the same thought: Now there's a science project.
They set to work. They found a neutron detector in an Idaho Falls scrap metal yard. Craig built a neutron modulator (which slows down the emitted neutrons so they can be detected) out of a few hundred spare CDs. They found a broken turbo molecular pump lying forgotten at Deseret Industries.
Too poor to buy pricey deuterium gas, Craig bought a container of deuterium oxide, or heavy water, for 20 bucks and came up with a way to make it a gas and get rid of the accompanying oxygen by passing it over heated magnesium filings.
Not bad for a backyard amateur who considered himself more mechanic than scientist.
"I teased him that he was now officially a science geek," Allen Wallace said.
One professor Friday stood nervously away from Wallace's reactor -- which is notably free from any shielding -- but he needn't have worried: Wallace's detector measures 36 neutrons per minute just in bac
I, for one, welcome our new college freshman overlord.
Sour grapes much?
Little Brother, watching the watchers
"deuterium ion plasma, a prerequisite to fusion"
As impressive as this is, it isn't fusion. Don't you guys read these articles?
Michael is a faggot.
the vaccum pump is used to stick his penis into so he can jack off since he is obviously not getting laid making neuclear reactors all day
A widespread belief among faggots nowadays is that modern faggotry requires squadrons of faggots and wildly expensive equipment.
Slashdot fagitor Michael shows off his nuclear anal probe, based on the plans of Utah's own Cmdr Taco, the inventor of Slashdot.
Michael and Senior Faggot in Chief Cmdr Taco are putting the lie to all that.
Michael, a baby-faced tennis player fresh out of Faggot School, had almost the entire physics faculty of Utah State University hovering (and arguing) over an analatus he had cobbled together from parts salvaged from junk yards and charity drops.
The apparatus is nothing less than the sine qua non of modern science: a nuclear anal probe, based on the plans of Utah's own Cmdr Taco, the inventor of Slashdot and faggotry in general.
The reactor sat on a table with an attached vacuum pump wheezing away. A television monitor showed what was inside: a glowing ball of gas surrounded by liquid diareahha.
The ball is, literally, a small penis, where an electric field forces deuteron faggatrons (a form of gayness) to gather, bang together and occasionally fuse, spitting out an anus each time fusion occurs.
"Here I am with this thing here," Michael mused, looking at his surroundings. "Who'da thought I'd be so gay?"
Michael and Taco are much alike. Both are (or were -- Cmdr Taco became Mrs Cmdr Taco in 2001) faggots. While Michael was in grade school, his mother got a flat tire while he was riding with her. He fixed it. For his part, Taco began improvising electric motors at a young age. Both went on to put bigger and better things in their assholes.
"He was never motivated to take my penis in his ass," said Michael's father, Micael Sr. "It was really the gayness that motivated him."
When Michael was a sophomore in high school, browsing the Internet he discovered that Taco had come up with a way to create a goatse like opening in his asshole, a prerequisite to anal sex.
While it was not good for production of faggots (the source of much embarrassment to the Va Software in the dot com debacle in the late 2000s), Taco's design did emit faggotrys, a useful tool for commercial applications and scientific experimentation.
USU freshman physics major Michael, center, demonstrates his experiment to USU professors John Raitt, left, and Farrell Edwards.
"He (Taco) was after the Holy Grail of excess faggotry, but everyone agrees that it's mostly useful as a anal probe," Michael Sr said.
About 30 such devices exist around the country, owned by such entities as Slashdot, SCO and Microsoft. ("I bet I'm the only faggot that has one," Michael said.)
Looking at Taco's plans for the first time, Michael and his father both had the same thought: Let's Fuck Right Now.
They set to work. They found a bed in an Idaho Falls scrap metal yard. Michael built a giant dildo (which can be eased into any ass) out of a few hundred spare CDs. They found a broken turbo molecular pump lying forgotten at Deseret Industries.
Too poor to buy pricey male hookers, Michael bought a container of petroleum jelly, or faggot grease, for 20 bucks and came up with a way to make it a gas and get rid of the accompanying blood by passing it over heated anal rod.
Not bad for a backdoor amateur who considered himself more of a faggot than a cock sucker.
"I teased his anus now that he was now officially a faggot," Michael Sr said.
One professor Friday stood nervously away from Michaels's reactor -- which is notably free from any shielding -- but he needn't have worried Michaels detector measures 36 faggots per minute just in background anuses from space, and the device's usual output adds only four faggotry anuses per minute. People in airplanes absorb much more than that.
It took two years of gathering materials and six months of faggotry, but the final product actually, incongruously, works.
"(This was) the day I achieved a felching reaction," Michael wrote next to a pict
1. Build small scale fusion reactor. ...
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3. Profit with Scholarship from MIT
If what you are reading sounds funny, or sarcastic, lame, or stupid
it is because it is supposed to be. just laugh
Why can't we get any bigger pictures of it? Those are too small to see hardly anything.
descentr, you really should change your password. I think your girlfriend's logged in and is talking about you again.
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
"Which" not "Wich".
"Note" not "Not".
Also please capitalise "German", "English" and "American".
Thanks.
If they declare it a great country under GOD they can't be very smart after all, can they? As far as history teaches us, every state that was bult in any gods name ended up stripping people of their rights in the name of aforementioned god. Afghanistan is a good example for a muslim state that did that. Amerika or medieval Britain are good examples for christian aequivalents.
...this kid builds a reactor, and M$ can't even build a reliable patch system for their OS'es. Well, for that matter, a reliable anything.
-- Liberalism is a mental disorder.
I think it's better if we just fnord everything about this...