Wyoming Teen Builds Fusion Reactor - Disqualified from Science Fair
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[QUOTE]NEWCASTLE – A Wyoming high school student who built a nuclear reactor in his dad's garage was disqualified from the International Science and Engineering Fair this month on a technicality.
His crime: competing in too many science fairs.
The infraction was reported by the former director of Wyoming State Science Fair, who later did not have her contract renewed. Officials at the University of Wyoming, the fair’s sponsor, said the director acted outside of her authority.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Conrad Farnsworth is the first person in Wyoming to build a nuclear fusion reactor. He is one of only 15 high school students in the world to successfully achieve fusion. He made it using parts he ordered online, traded with other fusioneers and created himself.[/QUOTE]
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Good News Everyone!
Dammit, this is how supervillains happen, Wyoming.
Now he'll want to show you. Show you all!
What the fuck is wrong with the director...
Seriously how can someone do this? Some countries can't even do this. Crazy.
[QUOTE=alexguydude;40856719]Seriously how can someone do this? Some countries can't even do this. Crazy.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]He made it using parts he ordered online, traded with other fusioneers and created himself.[/QUOTE]
I'll assume other "fusioneers" did a portion of work, but he seems like one hell of a genius
Instantly reminded me of
[IMG]http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsT/tve19509-19970504-696.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=ojcoolj;40856727]I'll assume other "fusioneers" did a portion of work, but he seems like one hell of a genius[/QUOTE]
No, this fucker did it in a cave with a box of scraps.
[sub]i apologize.[/sub]
I made one of those myself, but I can't tell or show anyone it or I won't be able to enter the US again.
I thought fusion was some sort of unattainable pipe-dream without massive amounts of heat and pressure.
Have I been living under a rock?
[QUOTE=joes33431;40856755]I thought fusion was some sort of unattainable pipe-dream without massive amounts of heat and pressure.
Have I been living under a rock?[/QUOTE]Fusion itself is totally achievable, the real problem is making it produce more energy than you put in to sustain the reaction.
[quote=Article]Conrad Farnsworth[/quote]
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;40856763]Fusion itself is totally achievable, the real problem is making it produce more energy than you put in to sustain the reaction.[/QUOTE]
Ah, I get it. Thanks.
[QUOTE=joes33431;40856755]I thought fusion was some sort of unattainable pipe-dream without massive amounts of heat and pressure.
Have I been living under a rock?[/QUOTE]
I think you mean cold fusion
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[QUOTE=alexguydude;40856719]Seriously how can someone do this? Some countries can't even do this. Crazy.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor[/url]
"Because an electrostatic potential well cannot simultaneously trap both positively charged ions and electrons, there must be some regions of charge accumulation, which will result in an upper limit on the achievable density. [B]The corresponding upper limit on the power density, even assuming D-T fuel, may be too low for power production[/B]"
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;40856831][url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor[/url]
"Because an electrostatic potential well cannot simultaneously trap both positively charged ions and electrons, there must be some regions of charge accumulation, which will result in an upper limit on the achievable density. [B]The corresponding upper limit on the power density, even assuming D-T fuel, may be too low for power production[/B]"[/QUOTE]
The last name of the guy who invented that?... Not sure if wikipedia is pulling my leg or it's the same as the kid's.....
is there an online tutorial for making your own personal fusion reactor?
[QUOTE=meppers;40857116]is there an online tutorial for making your own personal fusion reactor?[/QUOTE]
1.Take some Deuterium
2.Take some Tritium
3.Pour it in a bowl
4.Put in oven at 120 Million °K for 10 minutes
5.Die from Neutron Radiation
Reminds me of Michio Kaku
instantly made me think of
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW3jyZRDlII[/media]
[QUOTE=meppers;40857116]is there an online tutorial for making your own personal fusion reactor?[/QUOTE]
Probably, this is the internet after all.
[QUOTE=joes33431;40856755]I thought fusion was some sort of unattainable pipe-dream without massive amounts of heat and pressure.
Have I been living under a rock?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=alexguydude;40856719]Seriously how can someone do this? Some countries can't even do this. Crazy.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Hopes at the time were high that it could be quickly developed into a practical source of fusion power. However, as with other fusion experiments, development into a generator has proven to be difficult. Nevertheless, the fusor has since become a practical source of free neutrons, and it is produced commercially for this purpose.[B] Fusors have been assembled in low-power forms by hobbyists.[/B][/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor[/url]
[editline]31st May 2013[/editline]
Very cool nevertheless.
[QUOTE=Killerelf12;40856917]The last name of the guy who invented that?... Not sure if wikipedia is pulling my leg or it's the same as the kid's.....[/QUOTE]
It's the same Farnsworth who basically invented the television and the cameras required for it.
Reminds me of Michio Kaku.
Michio got a scholarship to Harvard though.
[QUOTE=TorashVD;40857177]1.Take some Deuterium
2.Take some Tritium
3.Pour it in a bowl
4.Put in oven at 120 Million °K for 10 minutes
5.Die from Neutron Radiation[/QUOTE]
Wow i literally bursted into laughter.
I bet that little brat Wernstrom won instead, didn't he?
[I]Werrrnstrom![/I]
[QUOTE=booster;40857868]Reminds me of Michio Kaku.
Michio got a scholarship to Harvard though.[/QUOTE]
The kid's still in high school, so he may get in too.
Question: Where the [b]fuck[/b] did he manage to get the radioactive material necessary to achieve fusion?
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