Industrial Grade "Cold Fusion" Device Ready To Manufacture?

[Nathanael]

At the University of Bologna, inventor Andrea A. Rossi and Professor Sergio Focardi, recently announced the invention of a cold fusion energy device ready for manufacturing and capable of producing up to 10-kilowatts of heat power.

The device, called an Energy Catalyzer, is a nickel-hydrogen fusion reactor that Rossi claims has the capacity to generate 15,000 watts while only consuming 400 watts. In normal conditions, the device will produce 8 units of output for every 1 unit consumed. A first-of-its-kind public demonstration was given last week.


Link: http://www.energyboom.com/emerging/industrial-grade-cold-fusion-device-ready-manufacture

[slackmaster]

1. O RLY?

Tagged for interest.

[KansasVoter]

2. How did the New York Times miss a story like this?

[HeroTwins]

3. if this is real, it will change life as we know it.

[guardian]

17. so would holodecks

but I don't see that happening in my lifetime either.

[drm604]

4. 400 times 8 is 3200

not 15,000.

[hughee99]

8. It's that kind of linear thinking that has held us back for so long

It's so much easier to create when you're not constrained by "correct answers" or "basic math". Anyone else here completely comfortable with a person who can't quite work out 8*4 playing with atomic nuclei?

[Recursion]

10. Might be on the order of energy rather than power

Though that doesn't quite work either.

[phantom power]

5. see:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=228&topic_id=75405&mesg_id=75536

[Duer 157099]

6. University of Bologna

'nuff said

[drm604]

7. Venture capital scam? n/t

[drm604]

9. Check out this article

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-italian-scientists-cold-fusion-video.html

Krivit also noted that Rossi has been accused of a few crimes, including tax fraud and illegally importing gold, which are unrelated to his research.

[thereismore]

11. Not this shit again. nt

[hatrack]

13. Don't you mean . . . .

?

:rofl:

[thereismore]

12. Details being kept secret? How can they hold a patent then? It's all a big con. nt

[Deep13]

14. Well, I WAS skeptical...

...but since they have a cool CAD diagram it MUST be real.

[guardian]

15. So we are now recycling cold fusion hype from the 1980s?

See it must be real...there are pictures.

[phantom power]

16. This one is actually even dumber.

These yoyos are claiming to get energy from fusion past the exothermic iron limit. At least Pons and Fleischman thought they were fusing something that would release energy.

:eyes:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

18. It has not passed peer review at this point...so I would not be all that worked up about it.

[Odin2005]

19. What a bunch of Bologna.