Comments on: 17 year old teenager builds homemade fusion reactor

By: Harry Roberts

Harry Roberts — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:17:41 +0000

“17 year old teenager…”

Oh so he is a teenager then? Not a 17 year old in his thirties?

By: G. Freeman

G. Freeman — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:14:23 +0000

That is impossible. The closest place to Earth that Fusion happens is the sun. So far man has only been able to produce fission, which is separating atoms. The fact is it just takes to much energy and heat to preform fusion.

By: zero

zero — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:13:15 +0000

Instead of trying to be smart by typing so much and stating facts about why or why not he could do it, open your eyes and look at the post date.

Idiots!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:54:15 +0000

Okay guys. the article says he created a device that can fuse two hydrogen atoms together, something we’ve been able to do for nearly 70 years. Nobody said he has used it to power his house or anything. And for the people who are freaking out, I think it’s great. The world needs more 17 year olds willing and capable to do outstanding feats of home brewed engineering in their basements. I hope this kid enjoys his full ride to MIT, or at the very least his A. Even if he failed and it doesn’t work, A for effort.

Nuclear energy is the future people. Just because its destructive doesn’t mean we have to fear it. Gasoline is dangerous too. More power = more destructive potential. Its just the trade off. Its up us to ensure that this new tool is used for the betterment of human society. We can’t trade progress for safety, not after we’ve come this far.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:02:53 +0000

yea but will it blend?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:17:55 +0000

Steve and ben: Amazing that you’re so quick to call it fake without any cogent reasoning. Stop judging a story just because it seems, based on your little bit of knowledge, a tad outlandish. If you really don’t believe it possible, do some research and form a real argument. I’m all about taking things with a grain of salt, but don’t dismiss something if you don’t know anything about it, or why you dismiss it.

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:46:51 +0000

Actually, creating fusion a fusion reactor is easier than you would think. Scientists have created many different types of fusion reactors capable of fusing hydrogen. The problem is that they are unable to stabalize the reaction so that it can produce more energy than it initially consumes. Fusion in itself has been done before though.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:37:08 +0000

Nope. Not a chance. Scientists haven’t managed to build controlled fusion reactors yet, so no way did a 17 year old build one for a science fair.

By: ben

ben — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:06:06 +0000

Umm no. Thats all I have to say on the matter as to explain why this is so mind numbingly wrong would take to long.

By: chuck

chuck — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:11:58 +0000

This is B.S

By: The Homely Scientist » Yes you too can have a 200 million degree ball of plasma in your basement

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:35:27 +0000

[...] Ah science fair projects. Oddly enough I never participated in any, my school didn’t have them. But we did have the yearly science project for class. Let’s see for chem I tested various water proofing agents on leather. Bio was a bacteria experiment. Physics, I played with wing design on gliders. I never considered making a fusion reactor. Well a 17 year old in Michigan thought about it, and did it: Now I don’t know what’s most surprising, the fact that it was a 17 year old that made a device that can fuse two hydrogen atoms together, or the fact that you can get the pieces for it from eBay. Source: 17 year old teenager builds homemade fusion reactor [...]

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By: Marco (Griffith) Jardim

Marco (Griffith) Jardim — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:47:41 +0000

But does it run Linux? ;)

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:45:59 +0000

I bet it makes one hell of an Espresso.