Well, it looks like my essay was finally approved as well. They just wanted me to remove the "commercial" content.
http://www.fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2024 KevinO On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:24 AM, Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Kevin, > FQXI and its yearly contest have rather strict rules, inspired in part > from the prize of the John Templeton Society. They ask for a more general > answer not for authors coming with their pet subjects or ideas. > In my essay I am also speaking about CF, actually Deeply Metamorphised > Cold Fusion. > I think we must accept than no bright theory will and no small scale lab > experiment can > trigger the rebirth of the field- just a working commercial process can > save us. > Peter > > > On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> As noted in a previous article, Jed Rothwell entered into an essay >> contest for the Foundational Questions Institute (FQXi). I submitted my own >> Cold Fusion related essay, and didn't hear anything back from FQXi. Then >> Peter Gluck had his essay published, so I asked FQXi why mine was not >> published or declined. >> >> They say it is because of an objection being raised to the "commercial" >> content in it--specifically the promotion of techshop. >> >> Perhaps there is some other educational institution I could propose as a >> baseline minimum that would give people access to machine shop tools >> relatively quickly? >> >> >> thanks >> >> Kevin O >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Jed Rothwell's Essay: >> http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2000 >> >> >> Peter Gluck's Essay >> http://fqxi.org/community/forum/topic/2015 >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "How Should Humanity Steer the Future? >> With The LENR Techshop Y Prize Incentive Proposal >> >> >> My proposal is to set up a prize similar to the X Prize to reward and >> encourage Techshop (http://techshop.ws/) teams who replicate the recent >> Cold Fusion experiment at the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project wherein >> Gamma Rays were detected after an excess heat event. Let's call it the Y >> Prize. The Gamma Ray finding was replicated by Hans Biberian within 48 >> hours. Measuring Gamma Rays would be the smoking gun to prove that it is a >> nuclear process taking place within these cold fusion experiments. >> 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 the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project (MFMP)? >> In essence, they are a grassroots, open-source scientific group trying to >> replicate Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR). It is named after Martin >> Fleischmann because he was one of the 2 original electrochemists who found >> this anomalous heat effect in 1989, and he passed away recently. His >> partner, Dr. Pons, is still alive and could therefore still win a Nobel >> Prize. >> >> 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. They are currently using a wire that >> Dr. Celani, a prominent LENR researcher, gave to them in furtherance of >> their effort. They also plan to test a NANOR device which Dr. Hagelstein at >> Massachussetts Institute of Technology helped to develop. >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Why Techshop? http://techshop.ws/ >> They are the right people to encourage for a grass roots energy effort; >> and the interest in a Y 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. Bootstrapping Techshop would help many other >> people who would like to do some kind of experiment on physics or simply to >> be creative. >> >> From their website, http://techshop.ws/ >> TechShop is a vibrant, creative community that provides access to tools, >> software and space. You can make virtually anything at TechShop. Come and >> build your dreams! >> TechShop is a playground for creativity. Part fabrication and prototyping >> studio, part hackerspace and part learning center, TechShop provides access >> to over $1 million worth of professional equipment and software. We offer >> comprehensive instruction and expert staff to ensure you have a safe, >> meaningful and rewarding experience. Most importantly, at TechShop you can >> explore the world of making in a collaborative and creative environment. >> >> It is not known whether Techshop really has the equipment and resources >> to support this kind of an effort. However, the excitement generated >> towards such a replication effort would encourage Techshops around the >> country to acquire such equipment, working with National Instruments and >> others. For instance, Burt Rutan did not have the equipment to build >> devices that could go into space. But the Ansari X Prize spurred on his >> creative juices, bootstrapping his effort and focusing his vision. I been a >> fan of his since high school, when he independently came out with the >> VariEZ canard airplane. >> >> If an Italian High School Teacher (Hugo Abundo) could build a LENR >> device, then TechShop could. And I think National Instruments (NI) would >> help. NI has supported cold fusion research for years, offering LabView >> software free to all researchers in the field. Perhaps they are eager to >> sell their measurement devices into this market space the way Levi wanted >> to sell Jeans to miners in California in 1849 and Apple wanted to get kids >> hooked on computers at school. But it does not matter – they are eager to >> help. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 Y Prize's choosing. The team >> should include at least one person trained to look for deception; >> basically, a magician. In reality all they would be measuring is Voltage, >> Current (for Input power) and Heat (for Output Power) plus using a Geiger >> counter for Gamma rays. Precision isn't all that necessary, when you think >> of it. It doesn't matter if the energy density exceeds 10X that of >> gasoline that you can measure it to 13.25X. >> 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? >> >> If I won this essay contest, I would expend my passion pursuing money for >> this prize. >> >> Recently, there was $5Million donated to University of Missouri for LENR >> research by billionaire Sidney Kimmel. Perhaps he would be generous with >> another $1Million for this effort. >> >> Australian Entrepreneur Dick Smith recently offered over $1Million for a >> convincing demo. He seemed focused on generating 1.5MW as the threshold to >> be met. Perhaps he can be persuaded to focus on an open-source science >> effort rather than using his money to sniff out a shyster. >> >> Crowdsourcing. There is a pent up interest in this technology. Here is >> an example: Dennis Cravens used crowdfunding to finance a LENR powered car. >> http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/fusion-powered-car-part-2 >> >> Scientific Instruments. This multi$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. >> >> >> Eventually when the critical mass of believability is attained (like what >> happened with the Wright brothers), the world experiences a precipitating >> realization. That is what the Y Prize can do to effect billions of lives >> over the next few short years for relatively small investment of effort. >> > > > > -- > Dr. Peter Gluck > Cluj, Romania > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com >
