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Fusion In Sonoluminescence (Again)?
srhuston writes "According to a story at the NY Times (first born child req'd, yadda yadda), 'Scientists are again claiming they have made a Sun in a jar, offering perhaps a revolutionary energy source, and this time even some skeptics find the evidence intriguing enough to call for a closer look.' This has been covered here before (First, second, third) but it looks like they claim that the latest round of experiments, using better detectors, 'offer more convincing data that the phenomenon is real'." The scientists involved come from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Russian Academy of Science; here's their press release.
All I want to know is when I can throw garbage in the gas tank of a DeLorean to fuel it.
It's better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.
- E. Debs
This is news? We've had canned sunshine in our gift shops here in Florida for years!
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Sigmentation fault - core dumped
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Well, at least this finally fills that ugly hole on Wednesday in the Slashdot weekly schedule:
Monday: Patch Windows
Tuesday: Stop SCO's latest plan
Wednesday: Invent Fusion
Thursday: Patch Linux
Friday: Watch LoTR while patching Windows
Since they got Fusion out of the way early today, I think I have a little time to go bash Infinium Labs some more. Tally ho!
...people standing around said jar start dieing.
$discovery is really cool. Once again, $scienceFictionAuthor was a visionary when he wrote about this concept in $book. I hope that we can come up with some practical applications using $discovery soon.
$wittySig
In a darkened room,
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Unfortunately, it's getting the reaction to generate more energy than it consumes, is the problem.
Actually, they solved that problem in the 50's. It's controlling that reaction that is rather more difficult...
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
Good News:
Piping hot coffee or soup in seconds.
Bad News:
Everything metal in kitchen becomes mildly radioactive from neutron bombardment.
Good News:
Rats, mice, cockroaches hate the sound of a sonofusor in operation, emptying cities of vermin.
Bad News:
Sound also drives dogs into a frenzy of mindless leg-humping. Except Boston Terriers, whose tightly sutured little skulls explode.
Good News:
Leads to development of ultra-efficient (but low thrust) rocket motor that uses water as a reaction mass.
Bad News:
All water outside of Mars orbit turn out to be owned by Capella OmniVolatile GMBH, who charge a heavy fee, payable in increasingly rare Boston Terriers.
Stefan Jones