tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post1610878452014074063..comments2023-10-17T03:46:35.289-07:00Comments on Free Energy Tracker: Nearly There...Will Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11560983033718010747noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-70807467038374681032008-02-07T18:48:00.000-08:002008-02-07T18:48:00.000-08:00Nice article about different PM-like machine, revi...Nice article about different PM-like machine, reviews by MIT professor:<BR/><BR/>http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/300042#tUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252581821643231367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-12211107599078144932008-02-07T13:48:00.000-08:002008-02-07T13:48:00.000-08:00you guys are slow. gizmodo has the real deal a ne...you guys are slow. gizmodo has the real deal a new perpetual machine VERIFIED BY M.I.T. RESEARCHERS no less. It's all there, sianara orbo: http://gizmodo.com/353655/perepiteia-perpetual+motion-machine-may-actually-dosomethingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-45535769270569212792008-02-06T06:25:00.000-08:002008-02-06T06:25:00.000-08:00Those are great pictures! It's a lab, who needs s...Those are great pictures! It's a lab, who needs safety?? :-)<BR/><BR/>I bet that was a lot of fun. High voltage always is!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-46210680321913685942008-02-05T17:01:00.000-08:002008-02-05T17:01:00.000-08:00Here's some pictures of the fusor I made;PicsThere...Here's some pictures of the fusor I made;<BR/><A HREF="http://s268.photobucket.com/albums/jj16/hairykrishna/" REL="nofollow">Pics</A><BR/><BR/>There's only a few and they're not great! I'll have to try and find the rest and scan them. It was a fun project although the department safety officer nearly had a fit when he saw my setup! Note the 5kV rated cables enclosed in plastic tubing and carrying ~50kV.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655287350627311126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-44881409087389551672008-02-05T06:24:00.000-08:002008-02-05T06:24:00.000-08:00The fun part is doing the experiments, and there i...The fun part is doing the experiments, and there is a group attempting to replicate Bussard's previous work. If they can show it has a chance, they may get more funding. If they prove it can't work, at least gave Bussard's idea a shot and we know for sure.<BR/><BR/>Using a fusor to generate Plutonium for BWR's makes a lot of sense to me. But it will be a very hard political sell.<BR/><BR/>Here's a view from a very excited blogger: http://iecfusiontech.blogspot.com/2008_01_01_archive.html<BR/><BR/>I think the physics is cool. If it works as a fusor that's great - if it doesn't it is still fun physics and I want to build one anyway!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-10167251364674398182008-02-04T08:28:00.000-08:002008-02-04T08:28:00.000-08:00Nah, a fission reactor is nothing like a bomb. A t...Nah, a fission reactor is nothing like a bomb. A thermonuclear bomb (or a 'boosted' traditional fission bomb) uses a fission reaction to initiate a fusion reaction rather than vice versa.<BR/>A fission-fusion hybrid would actually be safer than a traditional fission reactor. Because the fission part would be subcritical a traditional meltdown would be impossible.<BR/><BR/>I am also slightly sceptical of the Bussard stuff in that we can't consider it demonstrated in any way yet. I would very much like to see a paper properly describing their most recent experiments.<BR/>There is much talk of aneutronic fusion reactions using Bussards design - with energy carried away by charged particles rather than neuts. This would obviously avoid material damage. <BR/><BR/>It's my view that the Bussard fusor stuff is plausible and, relatively speaking, cheap to replicate so the experiments should be done. Hold back the excitement for now though!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655287350627311126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-12738165293669693782008-02-03T12:51:00.000-08:002008-02-03T12:51:00.000-08:00I am a little skeptical about Bussards fusion work...I am a little skeptical about Bussards fusion work, if not junk science, a scientific wild goose chase. He had been working for decades with Navy funding, but always seemed to be one step away from a convincing prototype. The last one conveniently destroyed itself during an experiment - very reminiscent of certain other junk scientists.<BR/><BR/>I'll give Bussard the benefit of the doubt, as he seems to be a respected phsyicist. Although his main claim to fame is in a contribution to science fiction - an invention never realised in reality.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, how does the Bussard fusor overcome the major flaw in ITER style tokamaks, which is material degradation caused by emitted neutrons? How will energy be extracted?bchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014883276329736216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-59249684155723058932008-02-03T09:06:00.000-08:002008-02-03T09:06:00.000-08:00@Ben"... most sensible fusion plant would be a sub...@Ben<BR/><BR/>"... most sensible fusion plant would be a subcritical conventional fission reactor wrapped around a breakeven (or near breakeven) fusion reactor core."<BR/><BR/>Almost the description of the engineering design of a thermonuclear bomb (just remove the word 'sub'). I can understand the politics are a bit shy ...<BR/><BR/>I like the Bussards concept, but it still needs proof. Spending 15 million on finding that proof could be a very good investment indeed.Ping1400https://www.blogger.com/profile/05945825996144115384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-86843548622496651492008-02-02T19:34:00.000-08:002008-02-02T19:34:00.000-08:00I always thought the easiest and most sensible fus...I always thought the easiest and most sensible fusion plant would be a subcritical conventional fission reactor wrapped around a breakeven (or near breakeven) fusion reactor core. A better version of the 'accelerator pumped' fission reactor designs.<BR/>Politics again a problem though.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655287350627311126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-12519922865736081642008-02-02T14:15:00.000-08:002008-02-02T14:15:00.000-08:00I'd love to see ITER built. I've been waiting for...I'd love to see ITER built. I've been waiting for it for 25 years. The US congress cut it from the budget for 2009, and that could really slow the whole thing down.<BR/><BR/>If Fusors beat out Tokamaks in terms of economics it'd be great. But we need some kind of proof fusion can be done in a controlled way for power plants. <BR/><BR/>I'd even take a hybrid - use a fusor to generate neutrons and convert u238 -> pu239 and run boiling water reactors. It makes economic sense, but good luck getting it to make polical sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-49112689628600963322008-02-02T08:14:00.000-08:002008-02-02T08:14:00.000-08:00You're right Ben & Mike, fusors are really easy to...You're right Ben & Mike, fusors are really easy to build. Even I could do it.<BR/><BR/>It's whole other story to get useful energy out of it.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure ITER cancels it's project after Dr. Mike has demonstrated his fusion rocket. Unfortunately this will never happen.<BR/><BR/>Good luck, anyway! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-87766277068682195872008-02-01T18:54:00.000-08:002008-02-01T18:54:00.000-08:00And the US Navy project is being funded at US$1.8...And the US Navy project is being funded at US$1.8M, 1/10th of what I was talking about. ITER is based on thermodynamics, IEC fusors are based on "beam-particle" interactions. The fusion physics is the same, but the plasma physics is a lot different.<BR/><BR/>And I did say maybe!!<BR/><BR/>But given what high school kids have done in their basements over the past few years, I suspect I can do as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-44639918571553490132008-02-01T11:52:00.000-08:002008-02-01T11:52:00.000-08:00I got trigger happy and accidentally rejected this...I got trigger happy and accidentally rejected this comment from Ben:<BR/><BR/>@Pohjan Poika<BR/><BR/>Doing fusion is easy. I built a 'farnsworth fusor' style device (of which bussards is a development) as a university 2nd year lab project. Others have built them in garages and/or for school science fairs. Getting more energy out from the fusion reactions that you put in to initiate the fusion reactions is the tricky bit. ITER is going to demonstrate, almost certainly, that this is possible on a powerplant sized scale using a Tokamak design. It's also going to help develop the technology to extract this energy.<BR/><BR/>Bussards design might be above-breakeven viable. The jury is still out IMO. With a few million you could definitely get to the proof of concept stage or prove conclusively that it's not going to work. There's a US navy funded team working on it right now. Different thing from ITER but still interesting.Will Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11560983033718010747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-77605174685420174612008-01-31T16:27:00.000-08:002008-01-31T16:27:00.000-08:00Pohjan, I suggest you do some more research on Mik...Pohjan, I suggest you do some more research on Mike. His new IDCDMCC Generator (Invert Dimensional Conductive Dark Matter Conduit Coil) is about to rock the world. 1 coil the size of your forearm produces 1 megawatt of electricity seemingly out of thin air. It has no moving parts and just 'runs' indefinitely. It requires no exotic materials and could be readily manufactured today for around $20 per coil. The big hurdle now is funding. Mike needs $50,000 for an economist advertisement. Then there are the logistics of 'branding' and putting together a website, website forum, SPDC, NDA's and a Jury to validate the coils. The tentative name for the new coil technology will be "COILBO". This could take time, but with any luck validation can be obtained by 2012 and COILBOs will be on the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-91316577369997803792008-01-31T12:24:00.000-08:002008-01-31T12:24:00.000-08:00Ok, you say you could build nuclear rockets with t...Ok, you say you could build nuclear rockets with that kind of money (15 million €, correct?), in other words you could produce kinetic energy by using nuclear power. Converting kinetic energy into electricity is trivial, so you claim you could (maybe?) build a fusion power plant.<BR/><BR/>European Union is hosting an ITER-project, which objective is to "demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy for peaceful purposes" (as Wikipedia says it). This project costs 10 BILLION €.<BR/><BR/>Why don't you tell those stupid Europeans, that they're wasting money, and you could demonstrate fusion power with costs that are 1/1000 of theirs?<BR/><BR/>When are YOU going to put an ad into Economist, Dr. Mike?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-23008290702250872172008-01-26T21:05:00.000-08:002008-01-26T21:05:00.000-08:00Maybe really :-)The Bussard fusor is looking very ...Maybe really :-)<BR/><BR/>The Bussard fusor is looking very interesting. There are quite a few unkowns, but it is basicly a cusp/mirror confinement system. Bussard had lots of ideas on how to build fusion rocket engines, and I'd like to explore them.<BR/><BR/>You can either use the fusor for electrical power and that could be used for ion engines, or you could shape the fusor to expel neutral gas. I think that is a touch harder to maintain the fusion with since the balance of power loss from free-free particle interaction will be higher. <BR/><BR/>But if the Bussard fusor works, I will be building rocket engines in my back yard for sure!<BR/><BR/>Check out my starting efforts: http://www.eskimo.com/~eresrch/Fusion<BR/><BR/>My next step is electron fluid - I want to see how it "explodes" with no ions as a code test. It's really fun physics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-35567365336635460932008-01-26T09:49:00.000-08:002008-01-26T09:49:00.000-08:00Drmike: "I could build nuclear rockets with that k...Drmike: "I could build nuclear rockets with that kind of money!"<BR/><BR/>Really, doctor?<BR/><BR/>What kind of nuclear rockets do you mean? Fission rockets, fusion rockets or somekind of fusor based rockets?<BR/><BR/>If you can convince me that, I will give you that money and more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-73963814700516207702008-01-24T20:07:00.000-08:002008-01-24T20:07:00.000-08:00Hey bc - sounds like fun! I think there are many ...Hey bc - sounds like fun! I think there are many sizes of motors - from GW power plants down to MEMS sizes. From the video I saw, there was plenty of room for a motor similar to a floppy disk size.<BR/><BR/>Millions of Euros is one hell of a joke Mitch. Steorn is definitly drunk - they put me under the table in one night :-)<BR/>I could build nuclear rockets with that kind of money!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-19573272002374966892008-01-24T17:49:00.000-08:002008-01-24T17:49:00.000-08:00drmike, so the concept of dark matter is purely th...drmike, <BR/>so the concept of dark matter is purely the product of flawed thinking with respect to the current model of the universe? sounds reasonable enough. <BR/> <BR/>steorn's a joke anyway -- oops, off track. i mean, it seems like solar and battery technologies are the next frontier (before mature nanotech of course).<BR/> <BR/>i know a guy who's a big believer in dark matter as a source for energy. sorry, yes, i have a connection to a man who's drunk on the ether! (he was on the steorn forums in the early days after i pointed them out to him.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-31896758232919501822008-01-24T10:28:00.000-08:002008-01-24T10:28:00.000-08:00By a strange coincidence, my current job involves ...By a strange coincidence, my current job involves writing DSP software for control of brushless DC motors... nothing that would fit in Al's device though!bchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014883276329736216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-71143273014601821152008-01-24T06:07:00.000-08:002008-01-24T06:07:00.000-08:00Check out DC brushless motors with DSP control bui...Check out DC brushless motors with DSP control built into the hub. Very easy to run both ways, very efficient and exceptionally quiet. Not cheap, but if you are going to have fun, well worth it.<BR/><BR/>Nice rant too!<BR/>:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-87220158152456376652008-01-23T16:34:00.000-08:002008-01-23T16:34:00.000-08:00That *&^% so-and-so alsetalonkin has really destro...That *&^% so-and-so alsetalonkin has really destroyed my faith in Steorn. I mean, who knows what he's really got, if anything, but he's done several things for sure.<BR/>He's shown us what a real magnet motor might plausibly look like, even if they are impossible--something Steorn never did, all they ever showed us was a broken rip-off of some Japanese inventor's design.<BR/>He's shown us what can be done with just a little bit of real data, even if the analyzers don't have the actual device in hand--data that Steorn claimed to have but kept secret even to this day.<BR/>The S.O.B. even engaged in a constructive collaboration with people he seemed to know only online, and avoided all hysteria and talk of free energy and overunity whenever it came up, damn him. All Steorn ever tossed us was the silly SPDC, trying and hoping that one of us would come up with the answers to their prayers. I was 110 percent sure that Steorn had something until Al Setalonkin, or Carmine, or Red Scharlach or whoever he is came along.<BR/>He's shown how people irrationally seek to cling to their own theories and find confirmation of them, in the most convoluted manner possible, trying to explain something's behavior before they even know what that behavior really is. Steorn did the very same thing, coming up with a theory and then constructing experiments, or claims of experiments, to "prove" the theory. I know my own theory of mercurial diamagnetic hypervortices was strongly supported by alsetalonkin's BS little device. "Sorry about the light!" What a goof.<BR/>I'd like to lynch the (&(*&(^% my own self, even if what he did hasn't hurt anybody nearly as much as what Steorn has done. Steorn's a big company with lots of lawyers and stuff, investors who don't want to acknowledge their money's gone into polar expeditions and coachwork instead of African water pumps and Nodding Donkey toys. Alsetatoking, or whatever, makes a good scapegoat, so let's find out who he is really and get him fired. After all, the Steorn forum was nice and peaceful before he started his idiotic postings, and we liked it that way.<BR/>And to top it all off, other people are already claiming sustained runs of their replications! He must be paying them off or something.<BR/><BR/>There's only one thing I can't figure out. Where the hell did he fit the battery and the motor into that thing? And what kind of motor behaves like that, anyway? Free spinning both ways, no noise, no ratcheting from the magnets, running for at least 7 hours on a couple AA batteries...???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-29858029694417061092008-01-22T13:23:00.000-08:002008-01-22T13:23:00.000-08:00"The OCMPMM WhipMag Rotor is 100% legitimate. Peri..."The OCMPMM WhipMag Rotor is 100% legitimate. Period."<BR/><BR/>I agree. Al has also scheduled a Kinetica demo which he states WILL NOT DISAPPOINT. The world is about to change, a new era is upon on. Go Al! Go OCMPMM!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-13588219199445354132008-01-21T15:12:00.000-08:002008-01-21T15:12:00.000-08:00@maryyugo:The OCMPMM WhipMag Rotor is 100% legitim...@maryyugo:<BR/>The OCMPMM WhipMag Rotor is 100% legitimate. Period.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087544938250245173.post-67002536702740729992008-01-21T11:29:00.000-08:002008-01-21T11:29:00.000-08:00@BC"Hey, did I miss a memo? Is the Alsetalokin thi...@BC<BR/>"Hey, did I miss a memo? Is the Alsetalokin thing defintely a fake?"<BR/>*-------<BR/><BR/>The "Alsetalokin" thing isn't definitely anything except "we don't know". "Al" hasn't provided adequate information for replication and, inasmuch as anyone can tell, he hasn't allowed any clear photos of his actual final device from all angles and disassembled. He acts and writes exactly like someone playing a game or hiding things. That *should* tell you somethings loud and clear.<BR/><BR/>Video of his gadget being assembled from scratch and operated (without edits or cuts) would be interesting. So would wide shots of the area where it's operated. But nobody will know for sure what game he's playing unless and until he allows someone credible to test it. Don't hold your breath for that to happen unless blue is your best color.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com