Middle school student achieved nuclear fusion in his family playroom

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https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com...layroom-631163

[GlassMoon]

lol @ tradies srs

[SashaGab]

Rumor has it that by now the kid has 3 arms and 2 dinks and is slaying all the poos at uni

[JoshSP1985]

Props, kid is a boss

[BigElephant]

Awesome, hopefully he stays the course he can be a great asset for society.

[proudmanlet]

no cold fusion no care

[ANumber1]

Never forget the tradie version of this, David Hahn, a pioneer in the field of building nuclear devices in mom's garden shed.

https://harpers.org/archive/1998/11/...cout/?single=1

Again posing as a physics teacher, David managed to engage the [NRC]’s director of isotope production and distribution, Donald Erb, in a scientific discussion by mail. Erb offered David tips on isolating certain radioactive elements, provided a list of isotopes that can sustain a chain reaction, and imparted a piece of information that would soon prove to be vital to David’s plans: “Nothing produces neutrons … as well as beryllium.” When David asked Erb about the risks posed by such radioactive materials, the NRC official assured “Professor Hahn” that the “real dangers are very slight,” since possession “of any radioactive materials in quantities and forms sufficient to pose any hazard is subject to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (or equivalent) licensing.” David says the NRC also sent him pricing data and commercial sources for some of the radioactive wares he wanted to purchase, ostensibly for the benefit of his eager students.

Hahn was eventually caught during a routine traffic stop when the police came to believe his car was an atomic bomb and, for some reason, towed it to the police station. His mom's house had to be cleaned up as a SuperFund site, but he achieved Eagle Scout and served honorably in the military, before receiving a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia, stealing some smoke detectors to try to build another device, and dying at 39 of a drug overdose.

He would have been a fine Miscer.

[ElectronicsBrah]

"Elon Musk wants to know your location"

[bfdehewdbyywhn]

Jimmy Neutron in real life. I remember the other radio active kid who nearly killed his whole block

[ByAssociation]

im not buying that he did it himself i think he was guided by parents

my uncle is a weird genius who was building radios and **** when he was 7 or 8 years old from scrap metal

the thing is he was a complete ****ing whacko and would wear weird clothes like riding boots to high school. he once threw a hammer and knocked some kid out. he was very violent and did weird ****.

he did not talk like that like a normal kid. this kid talks way too normal. when he was a teenager Brown university showed up at his house and wanted to take him to a special school. the parents said no which they regretted.

could be wrong but thats my guess.

he ended up getting a job on the cusp of computer science invention working in manhattan paying big bucks. but he wouldnt shower for extended periods and would show up to work on acid. then he married a rich woman.

[notoriousthug]

what happens to all these kid geniuses tho? I rarely see them go on to do great things

[bfdehewdbyywhn]

what happens to all these kid geniuses tho? I rarely see them go on to do great things

they die in a car crash or become a code monkey for google

[Unstumpable]

lol @ nuclear tradies srs

[dannyg1217]

alpha AF. Future Musk level talent here. PRotect him at all cost srs

musk is an insect compared to this kid

[Wheyvid]

musk is an insect compared to this kid

Not really Musk read 100s or 1000s of books when he was kid. In addition, Musk wrote computer programs from scratch. I agree that the kid accomplishment are more impressive on paper, but I don't think he did this by himself. He was probably guided. In addition, Musk had to deal with physical, emotional, sexual abuse as a kid that definitely decreases someone executive and functional intelligence.

[Itouchyou]

Only thing slightly impressive about this is that his parents bought him all these tools worth easily hundreds of thousands. Its not as impressive as it sounds, its just a fusor. I was making music videos with amazing transition effects at his age that take alot more creativity than what hes doing, taking into consideration that we live in an age where the only thing stopping a kid from fusing deuterium atoms is, besides rich parents, an internet connection to google the instructions.

[anonkunbrah]

beta bux

[frutistafreeze]

This is unbelievable. Brainmaxxing to the limit. Would not want this in my house or neighborhood though.

[OptimistPrime11]

Great kid.

Parents must be very proud.

Gotta love the dad too "I didn't know enough to tell him no" haha.

Look like Trump supporters as well.

Libs hate him.

[orangetide]

Calling out fraud.

Mom "i was googling things before he turned them on"

The amount of customly made parts he would need, requiring unknown strength specifications and tolerances would lead to an insanely high cost and probably failure of high vacuum/ high pressure pieces.

[dannyg1217]

Not really Musk read 100s or 1000s of books when he was kid. In addition, Musk wrote computer programs from scratch. I agree that the kid accomplishment are more impressive on paper, but I don't think he did this by himself. He was probably guided. In addition, Musk had to deal with physical, emotional, sexual abuse as a kid that definitely decreases someone executive and functional intelligence.

musk hired engineers to build stuff for him. He's a great business man and has great ideas, but he's not an inventor

[Budjola]

operation paperclip

[LtGoose]

A 12 year old can do it in their living room but DARPA hasn't done it with billions of dollars in funding?

Jennifer Lawrence okay.wav

[Wheyvid]

musk hired engineers to build stuff for him. He's a great business man and has great ideas, but he's not an inventor

I understand what you're saying. He's not a one man show to be honest. but Musk is involved in some of the engineering design and does have a technical background Physics B.S. from UPenn, which is more than what most business man have.

[orangetide]

A 12 year old can do it in their living room but DARPA hasn't done it with billions of dollars in funding?

Jennifer Lawrence okay.wav

And he never experienced catastrophic failures with all that energy/vacuum/pressure? It just worked the first time?

No containment, or even plexi-glass shields?

No emergency cutoff switches?

"It took me 6 months to get the vacuum right"

So he *solely*:
- knew enough about physics and fusion
- designed the entire unit with custom peices
- sourced all the peices
- built everything with proper fittings, gaskets, and torque
- calibrated and programmed all the electronics

In 1.5 years, on top of his other schoolwork?


.....no. his dad knows someone who helped him.

[propreffered7]

And he never experienced catastrophic failures with all that energy/vacuum/pressure? It just worked the first time?

No containment, or even plexi-glass shields?

No emergency cutoff switches?

"It took me 6 months to get the vacuum right"

So he *solely*:
- knew enough about physics and fusion
- designed the entire unit with custom peices
- sourced all the peices
- built everything with proper fittings, gaskets, and torque
- calibrated and programmed all the electronics

In 1.5 years, on top of his other schoolwork?


.....no. his dad knows someone who helped him.

I didnt read the article or watch the video..

Its gotta be like a rudimentary version of it, no? Its probably like .1% capable or something

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im not buying that he did it himself i think he was guided by parents

my uncle is a weird genius who was building radios and **** when he was 7 or 8 years old from scrap metal

the thing is he was a complete ****ing whacko and would wear weird clothes like riding boots to high school. he once threw a hammer and knocked some kid out. he was very violent and did weird ****.

he did not talk like that like a normal kid. this kid talks way too normal. when he was a teenager Brown university showed up at his house and wanted to take him to a special school. the parents said no which they regretted.

could be wrong but thats my guess.

he ended up getting a job on the cusp of computer science invention working in manhattan paying big bucks. but he wouldnt shower for extended periods and would show up to work on acid. then he married a rich woman.

more stories and pics of your uncle

And he never experienced catastrophic failures with all that energy/vacuum/pressure? It just worked the first time?

No containment, or even plexi-glass shields?

No emergency cutoff switches?

"It took me 6 months to get the vacuum right"

So he *solely*:
- knew enough about physics and fusion
- designed the entire unit with custom peices
- sourced all the peices
- built everything with proper fittings, gaskets, and torque
- calibrated and programmed all the electronics

In 1.5 years, on top of his other schoolwork?


.....no. his dad knows someone who helped him.

yeah.. cause he obviously has a very high iq while youre a a donkey ... once you make it to guiness world records then youre allowed to criticize that kid

[rgnx]

alpha AF. Future Musk level talent here. PRotect him at all cost srs

Musk? More like Einstein

[JoeDelts]

Inb4 the kid dies in a tragic skateboarding accident that left him with 2 bullet holes in the back of his head.

[orangetide]

more stories and pics of your uncle




yeah.. cause he obviously has a very high iq while youre a a donkey ... once you make it to guiness world records then youre allowed to criticize that kid

When you work with instruments at high pressure that blow up molecules, maybe then youll have an idea on the insane level of cost, design, and engineering this kid didnt do.