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DARPA is suspected of being the anonymous US customer
The successful test should pave the way for further work at the University of Bologna, and more contracts with the enigmatic customer. NyTeknik did discover one possible clue to their identity. The customer's controller, one Domenico Fioravanti, apparently reports to a man whose title is "Colonel". This suggests that the mystery customer might be DARPA, the Pentagon's extreme science wing which, as Wired.co.uk has previously noted, has expressed interestin Rossi's work -- but which might not be quite ready to explain to its political masters why it spent millions on a cold fusion device.
Plenty of mysteries remain. But the game just got a lot more interesting
Originally posted by LanternOfDiogenes
Ohh wait ... Independent Nobel Scientist tests it for 12hrs on his own.. just no core access
Nobel physicist Brian Josephson will be given access to the eCat in order to perform a test lasting at least 12 hours, according to an entry on Daniele Passerini’s blog, 22passi. Once again, although a successful run will not satisfy some critics, it is yet another example of Rossi confounding the expectations of those predicting evasive behaviour. Professor Josephson will inspect, measure and weigh the internal volume and its components as he wishes and will perform measurements on the work done to a secondary circuit (after picking up energy via a heat exchanger).
ecatnews.com...
Originally posted by Nicolas Flamel
Since gamma radiation is produced, it is very doubtful you will ever get one of these in your home. Accidentally or maliciously releasing gamma radiation into the environment would make this technology very controlled like existing nuclear plants.
Originally posted by reject
reply to post by Arken
Even if this were the real deal, it won't be free. First its still too big, elaborate, and cumbersome; we can't have that setup in our homes.
Originally posted by LanternOfDiogenes
Ohh wait ... Independent Nobel Scientist tests it for 12hrs on his own.. just no core access
DARPA is suspected of being the anonymous US customer
The successful test should pave the way for further work at the University of Bologna, and more contracts with the enigmatic customer. NyTeknik did discover one possible clue to their identity. The customer's controller, one Domenico Fioravanti, apparently reports to a man whose title is "Colonel". This suggests that the mystery customer might be DARPA, the Pentagon's extreme science wing which, as Wired.co.uk has previously noted, has expressed interestin Rossi's work -- but which might not be quite ready to explain to its political masters why it spent millions on a cold fusion device.
Plenty of mysteries remain. But the game just got a lot more interesting
The claim is that radiation is indeed produced (hence the lead shield inside the reactor devices)...but as soon as the pressure drops and/or the reaction stops (eg. by opening the device, turning off the device etc.) there is no radiation produced anymore and also not emitted from the device.
Originally posted by Nicolas Flamel
reply to post by flexy123
The claim is that radiation is indeed produced (hence the lead shield inside the reactor devices)...but as soon as the pressure drops and/or the reaction stops (eg. by opening the device, turning off the device etc.) there is no radiation produced anymore and also not emitted from the device.
I guess my concern is that some unfriendly group might remove the lead shielding and start one of these things up in the middle of a mall for example. How much gamma radiation would be produced by these e-cats, and what is a safe amount?
Originally posted by AceWombat04
So, as I asked several pages back, there is no independent verification? If there isn't, then for all intents and purposes this is a non-event in my opinion. Let me know when there is independent verification and peer review. If it standsup to that, then it will be a huge breakthrough. Until then, it's just a claim.
Originally posted by ludwigvonmises003
Andrew Rossi will be dead in 3...2....1... fire.
DOE and big oil/big power and the bankers will never allow cheap and free energy sources.They want energy poverty
Originally posted by Atzil321
reply to post by flexy123
DARPA are investing in the rossi e-cat, are they known for their stupidity or being at the cutting edge of breakthrough technology?
As former DARPA Director Charles Herzfeld noted in 1975, "When we fail, we fail big." Little has changed. According to DARPA's current chief, some 85%-90% of its projects fail to meet their full objectives.
In recent years, DARPA’s success has inspired efforts to replicate DARPA at other Federal agencies – notably in the Department of HomelandSecurity, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, and in the Intelligence Community.
So the questions become, “How does DARPA do it? What are the features of DARPA that have made it so successful in its mission?”
reply to post by flexy123
This is the argument given by the people who want to believe in this, however we have never seen a device running longer than a few hours. CONTRARY to his claims that the device can produce power for "days, weeks, months". "Watts are an unit of work" ---> They only measured the temps/steam..did not connect a generator/turbine (for generating actual power) and did not consume the created energy (Why is that? Is this hard???) .. have a device somewhere *demonstrating* how it powers something. Why is that?