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."

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ARTICLE MIRROR FOLLOWS

[Anonymous Coward]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., July. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at Purdue University have new evidence supporting earlier findings by other scientists who designed an inexpensive "tabletop" device that uses sound waves to produce nuclear fusion reactions.

The technology shows great promise, but critics have claimed that the tabletop device is just an iPod, and that the reactions it produces are not nuclear fusion, but Jazz fusion.

"Bop Shop doo Wop", said Purdue Prof. Miles Davis in support of the technology.

Fusion

[mboverload]

Will we get it before or after Duke Nukem Forever?

Back to the Future

[MindNumbingOblivion]

So... that Mr. Fusion I ordered off of eBay will actually work?

Re:Abuse

[DigiShaman]

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?

Quick DIY Guide to Fusion in your basement

[Mr.G5]

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!

Truly an expert opinion.

[ArsSineArtificio]

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.