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Paulie

(8,462 posts)
34. 100mW? Oh good it can power a cell phone
Sat Feb 23, 2013, 04:48 AM
Feb 2013

If it's the size of a truck it will be a bit inefficient to carry around.

Wait and see.

If I could choose ONE engineering breakthrough to see in my lifetime, it would be practical fusion slackmaster Feb 2013 #1
Complete agreement, with a wish for fusion-powered spacecraft Peter cotton Feb 2013 #8
Me too! MAD Dave Feb 2013 #29
Kelly Johnson smiles from above... Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #2
If anybody can do it, it is the brilliant maniacs at the Skunk Works n/t Lurks Often Feb 2013 #3
+1000 Rosco T. Feb 2013 #17
Lets hope they donco Feb 2013 #4
It's from the smell of the original plant. jeff47 Feb 2013 #6
Thanks for the reply. nt donco Feb 2013 #7
Here's a pic of their main hangar at the Plant 42 complex in Palmdale, CA; A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #20
The wife's cousin donco Feb 2013 #45
Security clearance oaths have consequences. n/t A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #47
This would just be amazing... greytdemocrat Feb 2013 #5
Twofer Bosonic Feb 2013 #9
The list of global problems it could potentially solve is HUGE! slackmaster Feb 2013 #10
Mr Fusion XRubicon Feb 2013 #11
That's certainly more convenient than plutonium. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #30
It would be cool, but the cynic in me says that this is the MIC trying to gain support... JVS Feb 2013 #12
My thoughts exactly. Owl Feb 2013 #46
Video of presentation Bosonic Feb 2013 #13
I must be a born skeptic Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #14
Problem is, it takes vast amounts of energy to produce that AM n2doc Feb 2013 #50
I understand that. I am just saying that the article was incorrect. Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #51
Ho-hum, predictions are worthless - they've been saying that for 50 years Baclava Feb 2013 #15
It sounds too good to be true. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2013 #16
"just very unlikely that their gadget will work as advertised" Rosco T. Feb 2013 #19
When it comes to bending tin, these guys are the best. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2013 #21
they bend physics... Rosco T. Feb 2013 #25
We'll see. nt Lionel Mandrake Feb 2013 #27
you can make a brick fly if you give it enough thrust Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #38
Believe it when I see it. n/t cherokeeprogressive Feb 2013 #18
If it's true it we'll be like a meth addict winning the lottery... hunter Feb 2013 #22
You're assuming we stay here. Occulus Feb 2013 #56
Thanks so much for posting Esse Quam Videri Feb 2013 #23
Which means they've already done it. Robb Feb 2013 #24
If they're talking about it "coming soon" at SW, they've already got it running. Rosco T. Feb 2013 #26
They're late jsr Feb 2013 #28
You made me laugh so hard I got dizzy and short of breath at 12:09 AM. What do the neighbors think? NBachers Feb 2013 #33
Gettin jiggy with the fusion Berlum Feb 2013 #43
I've been seeing a couple of these sorts of stories. backscatter712 Feb 2013 #31
LENR is not cold fusion and is little more than theory at this point Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #37
So airplane designers are fusion experts too Progressive dog Feb 2013 #32
100mW? Oh good it can power a cell phone Paulie Feb 2013 #34
Your cell phone needs a hundred million watts? Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #36
No it needs milliwatt = mW. MW is something else. Paulie Feb 2013 #39
simple typo, and not much of one Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #40
Twice repeated. Paulie Feb 2013 #41
post *14 states my viewpoint pretty clearly Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #42
That's fine but this is a story. And without evidence Paulie Feb 2013 #44
Because of all the other false claims from Skunk Works over the years? Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #48
Simple typo, only changes the meaning by ... oldhippie Feb 2013 #52
True, but it should be obvious what the meaning was and Motown_Johnny Feb 2013 #53
If this is correct it will change the world n/t Demo_Chris Feb 2013 #35
My question would be.. what weapon are they making with it? SomethingFishy Feb 2013 #49
A space cruiser... hunter Feb 2013 #54
The minute that Lockheed issues a press release about this project, MineralMan Feb 2013 #55
The people over at talk-polywell.org seem to think this sounds a lot like the polywell design Occulus Feb 2013 #58
Ummmm.... I don't want to burst your bubble, but... sibelian Feb 2013 #57
I'm fairly sure I know what it's about Occulus Feb 2013 #59
thanks Occulus! sibelian Feb 2013 #60
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