See:
Grimshaw, T. Open Source Science Applied to CMNS Research: A Paradigm
for Enhancing Cold Fusion Prospects and the Public Interest. in
ICCF-14 International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science.
2008. Washington, DC.
http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/GrimshawTopensource.pdf
I do not think this would work. As I explained to Grimshaw:
"While I believe that free exchange of information is essential to
progress in cold fusion -- and any other branch of science for that
matter -- there is no chance that cold fusion can be developed the
way open source software has been. Cold fusion requires the use of
expensive instruments in expensive, lavishly equipped laboratories.
It can only be done in time-consuming procedures performed by
experts. Their time and equipment must be paid for. Open source
software can be written by some guy sitting at home with no
equipment. It resembles theoretical physics which as Einstein said
can be done with no more equipment than a pencil and piece of paper,
whereas cold fusion is a branch of hands-on practical physics and
chemistry which could never be done cheaply."
- Jed
