Monthly Archives: May 2012
Brillouin Energy: Funding and SRI Negotiations
| May 31, 2012 | Posted by admin under Brillouin Energy - Robert Godes |
Robert Godes has a short, but sweet blog post up. It looks like Brillouin has completed their first round of funding and are currently in negotations with SRI for work on their 3rd generation systems. We have closed our first round of funding this month, and are now completing negotiations to collaborate with SRI-www.sri.com - on our… more
The Black Swan and LENR
| May 28, 2012 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
A very important tenet of the scientific method is falsifiability. In other words, it must be possible to prove a scientific hypothesis false. A popular example is the statement “all swans are white.” In order to disprove this statement, it is necessary to sight only one swan that is not white (e.g., a black swan).… more
Patent Woes
| May 26, 2012 | Posted by admin under Brillouin Energy - Robert Godes |
David French has an interesting article and analysis on the USPTO’s recent rejection of Brillouin Energy’s patent. It appears that this is a “final” rejection, but Mr. French notes there are still some options for Mr. Godes and Brillouin. The USPTO has some strict rules for a device being demonstrated or other specific evidence must… more
NASA’s Zawodny on a New Experiment
| May 24, 2012 | Posted by admin under NASA - Zawodny |
Joseph Zawodny in a video by NASA’s Langley Research Center, describes a new experimental design and apparatus for studying LENR from the perspective of the Widom-Larsen theory. It’s a short video that doesn’t have many details, about the setup, but apparently a new chip has been designed to run many different experiments simultaneously on a… more
Blacklight Power: Electricity from Water Vapor
| May 23, 2012 | Posted by admin under Uncategorized |
It’s not quite clear whether this fits under the rubric of LENR or Cold Fusion, but there does seem to be some parallels between the two. Blacklight Power has been around for quite some time (since 1991 under another name) and has raised quite a bit of money through investments in their company. President and… more
Rossi Claims 600 Degrees for New E-Cat
| May 20, 2012 | Posted by admin under Andrea Rossi |
For some time, Andrea Rossi has claimed that his LENR device becomes unstable temperatures much above 200 C. Recently on his blog, he has claimed the achievement of 600 C. Dear Franco: We are working with good stability at 600 Celsius degrees. This, if confirmed by the next tests, clearly opens all the possible doors.… more
Problems at Defkalion?
| May 19, 2012 | Posted by admin under Brillouin Energy - Robert Godes, Defkalion |
Sterling Allan of Pure Energy Systems Network has apparently carried on some behind-the-scenes communication with Defkalion. In his most recent LENR-to-Market post, he states the following: Sterling’s Assessment: A group Defkalion is working with wants them to postpone posting data from their tests until August when there is a big conference where they will be making… more
Updates on Andrea Rossi and the E-cat
| May 14, 2012 | Posted by admin under Andrea Rossi |
Andrea Rossi’s official website, ecat.com, has released a May update. Mention is made that there are licensees around the world and that they have all attended demos. In October of this year, the plan is for a convention to be held and for a list of the licensees to be published online. Rossi reports that… more
George Miley at TechConnect World 2012
| May 13, 2012 | Posted by admin under George Miley - Lenuco |
Dr. George Miley looks to be moving forward with developing his company, Lenuco, with an upcoming presentation at at the TechConnect 2012 world conference on Thursday, June 21, 2012. According to the website, TechConnect matches vetted inventions with “the world’s top corporate and investment partners.” Miley’s LENR device seems unique in that it works with… more
Defkalion – New Job Positions
| May 11, 2012 | Posted by admin under Defkalion |
In April, Defkalion Green Technologies posted employment opportunities for several engineers and a few management positions. One robotics engineer One project manager Two training engineers Two product development specialist One design engineer Three mechanical engineers Two development engineers Two electrical engineers One systems engineer Two application engineers One chemical engineer Two laboratory measurement operators One… more
Pictures of Defkalion Progress
| May 10, 2012 | Posted by admin under Defkalion |
Those following the progress of companies who are pursuing the commercialization of LENR, have been waiting for more news from Defkalion. They had stated that third party testing had been conducted and were hoping to release some results by the end of April. That hasn’t yet materialized, but today they have posted a PDF file with pictures… more
Heat Generation with No Power Input for Several Months
| May 9, 2012 | Posted by admin under Piantelli |
Valerio Ciampoli presenting at the Atom Unexplored scientific conference on May 4, 2012, had some interesting things to say about the research at NichEnergy with Francesco Piantelli. Unfornuately, Piantelli was unable to present at the conference, but the work was presented by Ciampoli. Some impressive results were presented on sustained excess heat for 55 days… more
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