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This Amateur Physicist Built a Fusion Reactor in His Shed
spawnflaggerOne of Fusor variants was invented by Philo Farnsworth, an ancestor to Professor Farnsworth of Futurama!
for more background, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor
I would have liked to hear how efficient this is.
Futureweapons Explains the Weapon Used on G20 Protesters
timtoner says...Perhaps the most interesting thing about this clip is the revelation that the inventor had not watched a television until high school. And now he's designing sound based weapons. Couple that with Philo Farnsworth growing up on a farm without electricity until age 12, and conceiving the fundamental basics of the cathode ray tube at age 14. So what does it say about our desire to put the latest tech in the hands of children as soon as possible. Does it somehow numb them to the possibilities?