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Submission + - Can NASA Warm Cold Fusion

TomOfAmalfi writes: Andrea Rossi says he can provide domestic energy sources (about 10 kW) based on his E-Cat system (a Low Energy Nuclear Reaction or Cold Fusion energy source) for between 100 and 150 US$/kW and begin shipping this year. http://www.e-catworld.com/2012/01/rossi-plans-for-small-10-kw-e-cats-to-cost-100-150/ Many people are skeptical about Rossi's claims because he has not explained how his “reactors” work (apparently the reactors contain ingenious security devices to prevent reverse engineering), there is no theoretical bases to support his process, and no one has supplied independent measurements to support the specs on his black boxes. However, buried at the bottom of a NASA web page http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/sensors/PhySen/research.htm there is a comment about progress in “cold fusion” research and a link to the slides used in a September 2011 presentation http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/sensors/PhySen/docs/LENR_at_GRC_2011.pdf which talks about LENR research. NASA has also released a video http://technologygateway.nasa.gov/media/CC/lenr/lenr.html the great benefits we will get from NASA LENR research. Could Rossi be on to something?

Submission + - Will Toys R Us Carry Spy Drones

TomOfAmalfi writes: People are concerned about government use of domestic surveillance drones http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/12/19/1925208/domestic-surveillance-drones-could-spur-tougher-privacy-laws but how is that different that what happens when people make their own http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/helicam-combines-toy-helicopter-and-camera-for-hd-videos/ drones, or but them at a toy store http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005IT20RY/ref=asc_df_B005IT20RY1827952?smid=A3TF8DN8UY27R6&tag=nextagusmp0384859-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395105&creativeASIN=B005IT20RY. These units don't have the endurance or performance of the "professional" models, but they can be useful and will get better. I can hear the police now when they realize the protesters are tracking them with toys.

Comment Re:Creative Problemsolving (Score 1) 300

Look at how a genetic algorithim works (the article makes it clear that is what was being used). All this involves is a set of instructions, a random number generator, and a test for the results. All the "creativity" comes from the random number generator.

Of course, that may be one of the methods used in the human brain. I can think of several people whose thought process seems to depend on a random number generator.

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