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More Evidence for Tabletop Fusion
heptapod writes "Researchers at Purdue University have statistically significant evidence that their tabletop fusion experiments were successful. Yiban Xu's experiment different from an earlier Oak Ridge experiment using a different and cheaper source of neutrons than Oak Ridge's pulse neutron generator. Surpassing break-even point still eludes the grasp of science."
Will we get it before or after Duke Nukem Forever?
"The process is analogous to stretching a slingshot from Earth to the nearest star, our sun, thereby building up a huge amount of energy when released," Taleyarkhan said. I sure hope their process can be done easier than their analogy!
Robert Bindler
A Computer Science student's views on technology.
First, it's table tennis, now it's table fusion. Next thing you know, they'll be waiting on tables at my local chinese restaurant. man, this internet thing is great.
So... that Mr. Fusion I ordered off of eBay will actually work?
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I expect to to be 2050 when we get fusion.
Well...at least that's when Sim City let me build one...
Hey, my coffee's getting cold.
Would you mind nuking it for me.
I think this has some potential for abuse. Do we want this power to get into the wrong hands?
That's the very question currently being asked at the Pentagon. Just what will our government due when a drop on productivity is caused by millions listening to music with an ever-lasting battery in their iPods?
Life is not for the lazy.
Seems pretty easy to me:
Step One: Build a sonoluminescence apperatus using an ocilloscope, a sine generator, audio amplifier, piezo transducers and spherical flask. Details here: http://www.physik3.gwdg.de/~rgeisle/nld/sbsl-howto .html
Step Two: Build a neutron supply source, problalby most easily constructed is a farnsworth-type fusor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor (makes a great science project too)
Step Three: Get some deuterium and dissolve it in acetone, place in your sonoluminescence apperatus and start tuning it to produce bubbles. Availible at your local scientific supply store.
Step Four: Build your own neutron detector and confirm the bubbles are producing fusion: http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlux/nuc/ncount.htm
Step Five: Become the envy of the neighbourhood as the only guy on your block with a nuclear fusion device in your garage! (to avoid police suspicion call it a magical glowing bubble maker)
Step 6: Profit!
That's right folks, come on down to Crazy Harry's Particle Superstore. Electrons! Protons! We've got neutrons for half the price of our competition! Mention this ad and get 10% off your next order of quarks!
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Well they'd probably be doing what they did when they gave terrorists nuclear bombs.
On a large enough scale, vulcanism would be reduced. It's a win^3 situation.
Sure, you'd win, but what about Spock and T'Pol? What about Tuvok?
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However, as a geek, I know that the Dark Ages were as much caused by the change in the fuel economy from wood to coal as the retreat of the Roman Empire.
However, as a pastry chef, I know that the Krebs cycle causes metal fatigue in steel structural support beams.
However, as a ballerina, I know that the Pythagorean theorem causes the release of neutrons from radioactive material.
However, as a professor of French literature, I know that penicillin causes cost overruns in long-haul LTL shipping.
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Parent just fucking described every step towards making an H-bomb and included info on where to get the required materials!!!1eleven1
deglr6328, please don't ever let me piss you off...
A friend of mine was working in a lab at an island somewhere in the pacific. He said that he was very close to achieving TableTop fusion. No word from him yet. Its been almost 50 years and still no word since his last mail.