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Fusion reactor in basement?
From: "Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 21:00:13 -0800
Of the various "infosec news" sources out there, I really think very highly of the Department of Homeland Security Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report. (Which I find surprisingly good, in view of light of some of the other gaffes.) However, today I think the Mirror managed to catch them off guard: November 24, Mirror (UK) Boy used parts bought on eBay to build a nuclear reactor at his home. A teenager has created a working nuclear reactor in the basement of his family home. Thiago Olson, 17, bought spare parts on eBay and persuaded manufacturers to give him discounts to create the machine. It took 1,000 hours over two years to build the fusion reactor, which creates energy by combining atoms. During the process, a 40,000-volt charge is supplied from a gutted mammogram scanner. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=boy-who-built-a-nuc lear-reactor-in-his-basement-%26method=full%26objectid=18150 199%26siteid=94762-name_page.html A working nuclear reactor, built in two years of part time effort? A *fusion* reactor? 40,000 v can be generated with pretty much any static generator, and the "gutted mammogram scanner" is a nice comic touch. (The story goes on to say that he originally wanted to build a "hyperbolic" chamber, when the high pressure oxygen device is actually known as a hyperbaric chamber.) Is November 24 some UK equivalent of April 1st? Or has the Mirror been had by their own US correspondent? ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade () vcn bc ca slade () victoria tc ca rslade () computercrime org It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely. - Albert Einstein Dictionary of Information Security www.syngress.com/catalog/?pid=4150 http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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- Fusion reactor in basement? Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah (Nov 27)
- Re: Fusion reactor in basement? Paul Vixie (Nov 27)
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- RE: Fusion reactor in basement? D'Aloisio, Marc (Nov 28)