On Andrea Rossi’s blog today, the inventor implied that Hydro Fusion (the Swedish licensee) has found a company to act as a showcase for the 1MW eCat and that it is one he approves of. While I do not pretend to understand why this is needed, I do find the development interesting. There have been […]
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Cold Fusion Passes Al Gore’s Lips
In a Google+ Conversation (published today) Al Gore said that there were “very intriguing explorations” in cold fusion research. He was aware that the preferred term was no longer cf and he did say that we should continue to concentrate on renewables as fusion was still speculative. Even so, it is interesting to note that […]
Psst! Wanna Buy Some eCat Juice?
Hydro Fusion, the Swedish license holders for Andrea Rossi’s eCat is making an interesting offer to entice a potential Swedish customer to test the water and act as a showcase for the technology. I’m not sure what to think of this. On the one hand it is interesting but I cannot help wonder why such […]
HotCat Test Report Updated
In various comments following the publication of the HotCat paper on arxiv, it was evident that more checks were made to counter misdirection and error than formally included there. Broad hints were made that the paper could be updated to include more information. Arguably the primary area for concern among critics was the potential for […]
A Murderous Fraud
A few days before the HotCat test was published, British businessman, Jim McCormick, was sentenced to 10 yrs for fraud. As I urge you to watch the following BBC clip, I also urge you to stop yourself jumping to conclusions. The purpose of placing this here is not to attach McCormick’s guilt to Rossi but […]
Rossi Sues Wikipedia?
From Rossi’s blog: May 31st, 2013 at 2:53 PM TO OUR READERS, REGARDING WIKIPEDIA: I MUST AGAIN GIVE THIS INFORMATION: WIKIPEDIA, AFTER THEY WROTE US ( BY TOM CONOVER) THAT THE PAGE HAD BEEN CORRECTED, TODAY AGAIN I SAW ON WIKIPEDIA THE FALSE INFORMATION THAT THERE IS A SUE PENDING AGAINST ME FOR EVENTS OF […]
More Meta Data On HotCat Test
The following is a rough translation from Google of what appears to be a presentation published as a pdf at Borderlands.de. Borderlands seems to report on fringe science and the Swiss company Transaltec AG – an eCat licensee is among the links on their homepage. The pdf is here and includes some familiar images. I put this […]
Andrea Rossi NextMe eCat Q&A
The following Q&A is posted on Rossi’e blog. While I am wary of trying to figure out what we can take away from his numerous proclamations, I find his comments regarding the test conditions interesting. In various post-test author comments, it is evident that there were more checks undertaken than those published in the paper. Here, […]
Criticism From Peter Ekström
Many people are frustrated when critics voice their opinions regarding eCat tests and that frustration is evident in the case of the May 2013 HotCat paper. However, when answering why the paper was published on Arxiv instead of a peer-reviewed journal, Andrea Rossi stated that he saw Arxiv as a first step where the paper would […]
HotCat To Star In 6 Month Live Feed
In an interview posted at Sterling Alan’s site, former chairman of the Swedish Skeptics’ Society, Hanno Essen answers questions about the test. Of note is confirmation that Giuseppe Levi provided the measuring equipment, that they did not check for a DC component and did not use an oscilliscope to examine the waveform coming out of […]
Torbjörn Hartman Expands On eCat Test
One of the HotCat Paper authors, Torbjörn Hartman, has commented in more detail about the checks he personally made to reduce the chance of deception on the power input circuit. The following is a Google translation with some spelling corrections and with thanks to Jed Rothwell on Vortex who received the link from a Swedish […]
Rossi Death Threats?
Andrea Rossi posted the following on his blog today: Andrea Rossi May 25th, 2013 at 10:33 AM TO THE READERS, IMPORTANT: We are, obviously, under attack, as usually after a successful test, but this time the level of threat has been raised: not being able to attack under a scientific and/or technological point of view […]
Levi in Int Business Times
Professor Giuseppe Levi has commented to the IBT. As the scientist considered by most as the test leader, if we ignore the accusations of bias and fraud levelled at him by the hardest sceptics, his answer to the questions about autonomy are significant. For more details on the preparation of test IBTimes contacted Italian Giuseppe […]
Swedish Company Endorses HotCat Report
One of the bodies funding the HotCat report – the Swedish Energy Research Organization, Elforsk – has issued a statement on its website, lending their name in a direct way to its credibility. This is a potentially significant development as it weakens the slurs trying to paint the testers as a small band of incompetents, […]
HotCat Report – Thoughts And Criticism
With a day to consider yesterday’s HotCat report, the following is an update on my thoughts: There are too many unknowns to be answered but the initial positive impression has survived a close reading of the paper. In purely scientific terms, people are right to be cautious and question the extent of its independence. This […]