http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/ Engadget Comments for Japanese scientist claims breakthrough with cold fusion experiment http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/Yeah, ok I think while reading that I just got a head cold..fusion.

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Something to do with effective energy production?
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D-D-DDDDOUBLE FAIL!]]>May 26th 2008 12:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
Now why did'nt I think of that!]]>May 26th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
HYBRID VEHICLES won't help the world.

FUSION POWER is going to be what powers the future.

The oil companies have done everything in their power to prove that its impossible to create Fusion power because of numerous technological shortcomings but all that bullshit means nothing if we are willing to research and fund it.

Natural Fusion requires temperatures of 10 Million Kelvin to have Helium and Hydrogen fuse. So far, the SUN is the only place this happens. BUT, we can use strong electromagnets to help achieve the same results - or, research cold fusion for a safer, easier, less expensive solution.

I for one am waiting for a Fusion powered HEMI -C from Chrysler. ]]>May 26th 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/Idiot. Their gas is that high due to taxes and fees. Talk much about things you know nothing about?]]>May 26th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
wow. $1.26 per litre.

UK = £1.16 per litre($2.32). and Diesel = £1.28 per litre (£2.52)

so... I wonder what will happen to the US economy once you hit that price?!
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I thought nuclear weapons relied on "Fission" or spliting of the atoms and chain reactions, unlike the topic here, "Fusion" which is where nuclei combine to form more massive nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy ]]>May 27th 2008 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/no, actually thermonuclear means getting energy/heat out of the atoms (or their core). What you mean is "atomic bomb". Ever heard of the "H-Bomb"? The "tsar bomba", an H-Bomb, had aproximately 3000x the power of the bomb over Hiroshima during WW2.

Connecting to the topic, if they are able to generate and control that amount of power efficiently, it would mean almost unlimited power. I just hope this is not just a joke... ]]>May 27th 2008 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
You are somewhat correct. The first atomic weapons used were fission-based (Hiroshima & Nagasaki), but then we started working on the hydrogen bomb, which was fusion-based and something like 100x more powerful. Fusion is much harder to control, which is why we only have fission power plants (besides experimental fusion plants, but they have yet to have a positive energy yield).

An interesting development is Internal Confinement Fusion(ICF), which uses powerful lasers to initiate a fusion reaction. A power plant based on ICF called HiPER is slated to begin construction between 2010 - 2013, and if successful, will produce more energy than it takes to initiate the reaction. For more info, see "http://www.hiperlaser.org/".]]>May 27th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
Anyway, went to the page and saw this title, "Astronomers watch as star dies." First thing I thought: sadistic, much?

Regardless, thanks for the link.]]>May 26th 2008 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/]]>May 26th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/To bastardize a quote:

"Discussing whether or not this is fusion is about as interesting as discussing whether or not submarines swim"

Why does it matter whether or not this is actually FUSION? What matters is: does the energy output make it a viable power source?

If yes: good! figure out how to commercialize it!

If no: then it's of academic interest only if it really is fusion (because then it's just yet another form of non-practical fusion), or of anecdotal evidence if it's not really fusion (so we can tell more "cold fusion" jokes) ... either way, nothing to be either excited nor snarky about.


(the original quote is from Dykstra: "discussing whether or not computers can think is about as interesting as discussing whether or not submarines can swim" -- what (pragmatically/practically) matters is what class of problems can be solved by computers, not whether or not they're actually/literally "thinking" and conscious as they solve them)
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It's clearly not fusion, but even if it was, it would be totally useless from a practical standpoint.]]>May 27th 2008 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/]]>May 27th 2008 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
Call it a deuterium fuel cell if it makes you feel better the truth is this technology promises to be hundreds of times more efficient than the fuel cells used in the current generation of hydrogen powered electric cars.]]>May 28th 2008 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
Next time I think I'll build a sand castle deuterium processing plant and use the spare time to hunt for clams.]]>May 26th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/Thanks for the yuk yuks! Made my morning. I think I have to go to the beach now.

Simon]]>May 26th 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.artchemicals.com/Deuterium-Oxide-100-Atom-D-07mL-Spectum-Branded-P18356C578.aspx]]>May 26th 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
Mmm... milkshake...]]>May 26th 2008 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/May 26th 2008 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/
Just me who has a problem with that, huh?]]>May 26th 2008 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/26/japanese-scientist-claims-breakthrough-with-cold-fusion-experime/So cold simply means doing it without sun like temperatures.]]>May 26th 2008 1:04PM