Weekend Fun: Nuclear Fusion In Your Basement

Posted on Apr 28, 2007

With the free world focused on the nuclear ambitions of Iran and Korea, a 17 year-old student has achieved nuclear fusion in his parents basement. After two years of diligent work and 1,000 hours of research, Thiago Olson managed to achieve nuclear fusion with bits and pieces bought on the internet and scoured from manufacturers at a discount. It includes “a piece of equipment taken from an old mammogram machine”, which...