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Chimpsky

Canada

July 2003

SEP 17, 2003 10:04 PM

How's this for a science project?

I want one!!!

TheHaunted

Virginia Beach, VA

September 2003

SEP 17, 2003 10:16 PM

Wow, thats fucking amazing.
I can't even work the washing machine right.

Max16Characters

Korea, Republic Of

March 2003

SEP 17, 2003 10:17 PM

is that thing for real? If so...dammnnnn....that's wicked awesome.

catdad

Portland, OR

August 2002

SEP 17, 2003 10:21 PM

Chimpsky said:
How's this for a science project?

I want one!!!

Watch for it on e-bay.

Avenged

Butte, MT

August 2003

SEP 17, 2003 10:22 PM

hahaha, excellent. When I was a freshman in college I drank a lot and lived at home.

inhaler97

Philadelphia, PA

February 2003

SEP 17, 2003 10:27 PM

crazy...I threw out my turbo molecular pump out yesterday...maybe Ill sell it...

crazy

plonk

Campbell, CA

February 2003

SEP 17, 2003 10:32 PM

Yup, the good old Farnsworth Fusor. There are a number of them kicking around -- DaimlerChrysler Aerospace was even marketing one as a portable neutron source for a while. Still, damn impressive for a kid that young.

AndrewB

Victoria, BC

August 2003

SEP 17, 2003 10:39 PM

that is pretty amazing.

PyronauticA

Clarkston, WA

July 2002

SEP 17, 2003 10:47 PM

I want to marry that guy!! ::points to the kid in the article:::

crispy

NEWSWIRE

Philadelphia, PA

SEP 17, 2003 11:12 PM

Sorry to piss on everryones parade, but this lik is bullshit.

Philo T. Farnsworth did indeeed invent TV, but plasma?? Get real.

Absolute bullshit

plonk

Campbell, CA

February 2003

SEP 17, 2003 11:50 PM

crispy said:
Sorry to piss on everryones parade, but this lik is bullshit.

Philo T. Farnsworth did indeeed invent TV, but plasma?? Get real.

Absolute bullshit

Don't judge the experiment by the bullshite spouted by some know-nothing newspaper twit. No-one invented plasma, and it was first described as a separate state of matter at the end of the 19th century. The fusor was an idea original to Farnsworth, and it grew directly out of his extensive work with plasmas and vacuum tubes while he was inventing television.

Farnsworth's fusor is an interesting idea, and it has led to at least one commercial product that I know of, as I mentioned earlier. Last I heard, Dr. Bussard (as in Bussard ramjet) was working on it full time. There is a guy at UIUC (IIRC, Dr. George Miller) who designed the DaimlerChrysler device and has done some work on using the fusor geometry for an anti-proton catalyzed fusion rocket.

Dig a bit deeper before shooting your mouth next time, mmkay?

26OO

Waterloo, ON

August 2002

SEP 18, 2003 12:02 AM

Oh come on...his dad helped him.

stockula

Anchorage, AK

May 2003

SEP 18, 2003 12:52 AM

I'm more impressed by this: a remote-controlled Mazda sedan

check it out

Thirty

Oman

December 2002

SEP 18, 2003 01:06 AM

The TV only gets that one channel? What the fuck kind of invention is that?

naja_haje

Portland, OR

March 2003

SEP 18, 2003 01:29 AM

great, can't wait 'till the military hires him to build bombs.
props to the kid though, he's fucking brilliant.

fiendish

USA

December 2002

SEP 18, 2003 05:27 AM

i was thinking "the manhatten project" a movie about the same subject sorta

but the kid built a reactor not a bomb worth mentioning more or less i feel.
nice article.

[Edited on Sep 18, 2003 by fiendish]

WaTed

United Kingdom

September 2002

SEP 18, 2003 05:35 AM

crispy said:

Philo T. Farnsworth did indeeed invent TV

Ummm...John Logie Baird invented TV...

SoEffinHappy

Philadelphia, PA

April 2003

SEP 18, 2003 05:39 AM

I'm confused...what does this thing DO besides look cool?

Helter

Chester, PA

OLD SKOOL

SEP 18, 2003 07:52 AM

SoEffinHappy said:
I'm confused...what does this thing DO besides look cool?

it emits nuetrons.

maxx

Los Angeles, CA

July 2002

SEP 18, 2003 08:08 AM

SoEffinHappy said:
I'm confused...what does this thing DO besides look cool?

it pads a resume.

Chimpsky

Canada

July 2003

SEP 18, 2003 01:47 PM

SoEffinHappy said:
I'm confused...what does this thing DO besides look cool?

I'm sure it makes for some interesting small talk.

a548456

United Kingdom

OLD SKOOL

SEP 18, 2003 04:12 PM

That's pretty damn amazing. Sure puts Macgyver to shame.
Spike

MisterSatan

Portland, OR

August 2002

SEP 18, 2003 04:24 PM

SoEffinHappy said:
I'm confused...what does this thing DO besides look cool?

It impresses college chicks he brings up to his dorm room.

"Oh, that? Yeah, that's just my fusion reactor. Ever see 'Back to the Future'? Yeah, you can just toss your bra on top of it..."

richiedagger

I'm lost

July 2003

SEP 18, 2003 04:25 PM

MisterSatan said:

SoEffinHappy said:
I'm confused...what does this thing DO besides look cool?

It impresses college chicks he brings up to his dorm room.

"Oh, that? Yeah, that's just my fusion reactor. Ever see 'Back to the Future'? Yeah, you can just toss your bra on top of it..."

hahahahaha

thats pretty amazing! i wish i did something of importance my freshman year in college...but it probably woulda taken alot of effort, which im not too big on.

RubberSoul

Los Angeles, CA

February 2003

SEP 18, 2003 04:38 PM

Big fucking deal! I built my own bong outta a mustard jar and some PVC tubing when I was in college.

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