Teenager achieves nuclear fusion at home

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In 2006 Thiago Olson joined the extremely sparse ranks of amateurs worldwide who have achieved nuclear fusion with a home apparatus. In other words, he built the business end of a hydrogen bomb in his basement. The plasma "star in a jar"—shown at the left—demonstrated his success.

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Read full story here: http://discovermagazine.com/2007/mar/radioactive-boy-scout
 
I guess someone told him he needed to get two bodies real close to make things hot, only instead of him and a chick, he done it with atoms.
 
The article said:
“These kids are studying much more useful physics than what the country is spending billions on,” he says. “It causes them to think. They’re not going down the mainstream path to oblivion.”
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My Xbox 360 power supply is nukular reactor. I should get an article in a geek magazine too.
 
Mcgyver builds bombs out of chocolate on TV

Yeah its worrying
 
I know a kid that had a nuclear reactor in his basement. Of course, this kid also claims that he made a real live force field generator and working lightsaber, both of which conveniently vaporized due to a mishap involving his dad and orange juice. I totally wish i was as cool as him.
 
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