Jed: I can see that we think alike. I was about to set up a new thread for the X Prize.
Enclosed is my proposal sent to Singularity University honchos I met last week. I do not include any responses because I have not gotten permission to release the correspondence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My proposal is to set up an X Prize to reward & encourage Techshop (http:// http://techshop.ws/) teams who replicate the recent Cold Fusion experiment at Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project wherein Gamma Rays were detected after an excess heat event. The Gamma ray finding was replicated by Hans Biberian within 48 hours. MFMP Report Detection of Unusual Gamma Rays [Updated: Biberian Replicates] http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/11/mfmp-report-detection-of-unusual-gamma-rays/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is MFMP? In essence, they are a grassroots, open-source LENR replication effort. http://www.quantumheat.org/index.php/en/ If one simply follows their latest recipe, a LENR device can be built and tested by anyone who has the means. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Why Techshop? Because they have a relationship to Instructables.com which was started by Dr. Griffith. They can be trusted; they are the right people to encourage for a grass roots energy effort; and the interest in an X prize would help that worthy organization grow; if they can do it, almost anyone can do it and the generated excitement would turn the world upside down. ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- What would success look like? An Open Source LENR device generates more heat than can be accounted for by chemical means. My suggestion is to set a threshold that the heat generated should have an energy density at least 10X that of any known chemical source for at least one hour so that measurement error is not a factor. An additional test would be the presence of Gamma Rays well above background. Measurements would be done by a team of X Prize's choosing. The team should include at least one person trained to look for deception; basically, a magician. I would suggest that there should be multiple replications for this prize to be claimed. Perhaps 3 separate Techshop teams need to have their projects tested independently and the 3 teams would share the prize. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Where would the money come from? I would expend my passion, as Dr. Diamantis so eloquently inspired yesterday, pursuing money for this prize. Recently, there was $5M donated to University of Missouri for LENR research by billionaire Sidney Kimmel. *Australian* Entrepreneur Dick Smith recently offered over* $1 million* for a convincing demo. Crowdsourcing. There is a pent up interest in this technology. Scientific Instruments. This multi$billion company offered to give free measuring hardware and software to anyone working in LENR. They may enjoy getting some publicity in exchange for a donation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In conclusion, I hope that you will see that the time has come to give this technology the nudge it deserves. Thank you for considering the proposal. My preference for communicating would be cell phone for the time being. best regards, Kevin O'Malley Electrical Engineer On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: > I am confused. I do not follow what James Bowery means about the X-prize. > Let me reset the conversation with a new title. > > Bowery wrote: > > "Sound criteria would include an experimental protocol is submitted to > Dick Smith that, when followed by independent scientists, reliably > generates excess energy." > > Okay, I gather this is what the X-prize would be given for. That seems > like a reasonable goal. That is better than, say, a prize for the first > commercial prototype device. > > > "Other details of the criteria need to be established but it seems > entirely reasonable that men like yourself and Ed are very qualified to > help set those criteria." > > I do not know anything about the X-prize, so I would not be the one to > establish other criteria. If they have any questions I would be happy to > answer them. > > Years ago, someone from X-prize contacted me with some questions. I do not > recall what they were, but I dutifully answered. I never heard back. > > > If you have any influence with these people, by all means ask them to > establish a prize for cold fusion. As you say, the prize should be for a > reliable experimental protocol. Go for it! Bell that cat! > > - Jed > >
