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Michigan Teen Creates Fusion Device

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the fire-in-the-hole dept.

Josh Lindenmuth writes "The Detroit Free Press is reporting that Thiago Olson, a 17 year old Michigan teen, was able to create a small fusion device in his parents' basement. The machine uses a 40,000 volt charge and deuterium gas to create the small reaction, which he says looks like a 'small intense ball of energy.' The teen's fusion device is obviously not a self-sustaining reactor, but it still shows how fusion technology is becoming more accessible. Hopefully this points to a future where large scale fusion reactors are both economical and widely used."

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  1. Burning hydrogen perhaps? by syousef · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'd be much more likely to believe he'd managed to burn some hydrogen in a ball of gas and that his little vacuum chamber is less than perfect. Sounds like pseudo scientific horse shit (still steaming) to me.

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  2. FUSION?? bad journalism more likely.. by kaysan · · Score: 0, Troll
    "Nuclear fusion -- when atoms are combined to create energy" People that stooopid shouldn't be allowed out of their house, much less write a column in a newspaper! That's called Chemistry you dumb bitch! Fusion is when nuclei are combined to form different atoms!!

    2 years in his basement trying to make something explode... maybe the kid just needs masturbation instructions.