myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) (03/31/89)
> With HOT fusion power, transmutation is economical. With fusion power that >yields a net power output of 3 Watts, occurring at room temperature, you have >just about as much of a chance of turning something into Platinum as you do of >causing all the air molecules in the room to simultaneously jump one foot to >the left. Gee, we just did that here, with a modified Infinite Improbability Drive. Makes a hell of a bang when they all jump back, though. Bob Myers KC0EW HP Graphics Tech. Div.| Opinions expressed here are not Ft. Collins, Colorado | those of my employer or any other {the known universe}!hplabs!hpfcla!myers | sentient life-form on this planet.
jokim@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (John H. Kim) (03/31/89)
In response to a few statements made on this subject:
Sifting through other other newsgroups, mainly sci.physics, sci.research
and sci.chem provides a wealth of additional information on this subject.
Anyone *really* interested in this (like me) should temporarily subscribe
to these groups (and any others you find). Here the answers to a few
questions brought up in this newsgroup.
The little gizmo has (reputedly) put out 4W for 1W put into it for
>100 hours.
The reason for the disclosure to the (inaccurate) public press is that
someone leaked it. The two original guys had planned to keep it under
wraps until the April or May edition of Nature (yes, they submitted it
and it was accepted).
A recent posting in sci.chem described the gizmo in detail. I don't
know what the info source was but you should check it out if you're
following this.
:-) I can just see me in my old age: "Grandpa, what was the world like
before we had energy from fusion?" :-)
JK
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