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Dr Dennis Bushnell, chief scientist at NASA’s Langley research center told New Energy Times today that NASA is attempting a low-energy nuclear reaction replication. “Our experiments are based upon the earlier Piantelli-Focardi work, which were some of the better bits extant,” Bushnell wrote. “But we are trying to core down on the theory, as well as utilize it for system optimization. We are not trying to do a net energy demo at all, we are simply trying to make sure there is a valid theoretical understanding.” Bushnell told New Energy Times that their LENR experimental approach is based on the...

The Italian Patent Office, Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi, granted a patent for the energy catalyzer on April 6, 2011, valid until April 9, 2028. The inventor is Andrea Rossi, while his wife Maddalena Pascucci is the patent owner... The patent office in Italy confirmed that the patent is a normal one which was granted after technical examination of the filed application. According to other sources the examination of Italian patents, however, is more formal and less technical compared with the international patent review under the PCT procedure.

There is a category of inventions called disruptive technology. Funding streams allotted to this sector award designers who innovate based on radical departures from incremental change. A cursory search of disruptive technology will yield many examples, most of which are IT-oriented, such as breakthroughs in social networking, cloud computing, and cyber security. You will find little to no mention of the most disruptive technology of all, cold fusion, even as the first commercial device is poised to be installed later this year. Defkalion Green Technologies based in Athens, Greece holds the world rights, excepting the Americas, for Andrea A. Rossi’s...

The Italian energy catalyzer that seems to be based on an unknown nuclear reaction is now patented in Italy. The examination continues regarding protection in the rest of the world. The Italian Patent Office, Ufficio Italiano Brevetti e Marchi, granted a patent for the energy catalyzer on April 6, 2011, valid until April 9, 2028. The inventor is Andrea Rossi, while his wife Maddalena Pascucci is the patent owner. The final content of the patent is public but not directly available online (details on how to order the content can be found here). According to Rossi ten of the original...

I spend much of my time debunking the free energy fantasies of my less technically competent friends. Wishful thinking makes many believe that cars can run on water after seeing a brief youtube video. Lately, however, I have been undergoing an exciting paradigm shift. Remember the “cold fusion” fiasco of 1989? Well, I have come to realize that it wasn’t what it seemed at all. Denial, groupthink, dirty tricks and easily manipulated media combined to create an historical injustice. Two decades have been wasted virtually ignoring this game-changing discovery. Today’s environmental disasters, expensive energy and oil wars could possibly have...

Ny Teknik recently participated in two new tests of the Italian ‘energy catalyzer’, providing more accurate measurements to reduce possible error sources. Ny Teknik tested the energy catalyzer The new tests with the energy catalyzer, which seems to generate heat by an unknown nuclear reaction, took place in Bologna on 19 and 28 April, 2011. As in previous tests the objective was to measure the net energy that the device generates as accurately as possible.

I know what you’re thinking: what were they thinking? Who needs a lever action single action revolver on a stick with a Picatinny rail? As Kentucky Packrat points out below, what does the Rossi Circuit Judge do that a lever rifle can’t—other than complicate matters and shoot 3″ .410 shotshells? The temptation here is to launch impeachment proceedings against the new Rossi Circuit Judge, or at least file an appeal against Taurus’ decision to build it to a higher court. But there is no higher court than than the court of public opinion. Either Rossi’s rifle revolver sells or dies....

In a detailed report, two Swedish physicists exclude chemical reactions as the energy source in the Italian ‘energy catalyzer’. The two physicists recently supervised a new test of the device in Bologna, Italy. Essén and Professor Emeritus at Uppsala University Sven Kullander, also chairman of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Energy Committee, both participated on 29 March as observers at a new trial in Bologna of the so-called ‘energy catalyzer’, which could be based on cold fusion, or LENR, Low Energy Nuclear Reaction. Participants included the inventor of the device, Andrea Rossi, his scientific advisor Professor Sergio Focardi, and...

A newly discovered group of ballots is giving a slight boost to Democrat Al Franken's chances in the disputed Minnesota Senate race, but it still isn't enough to undo the incumbent's persistent lead. Ramsey County officials found the 171 ballots yesterday, just as they were wrapping up their recount. After the votes were tallied, Franken gained 37 votes on incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman's lead. Through yesterday, Coleman's margin was 303 votes. However, the numbers can still shift as the last counties wrap up their work this week.

Sen. Patty Murray has won a fourth term, riding a wave of strong Democratic support in King County to defeat Republican challenger Dino Rossi. As of Thursday evening, Murray was leading Rossi by more than 45,000 votes, taking 51 percent to Rossi's 49 percent. That's up from a 14,000-vote lead on Election Day. According to a Seattle Times analysis, Rossi would need to get about 54 percent of the estimated 591,000 uncounted ballots statewide to overcome Murray's lead. But nearly 264,000 of those ballots are in King County. Murray's already commanding lead there has only expanded since Election Day. She...

With 65% of precincts reporting, Patty Murray is leading Dino Rossi 50.5% to 49.5% in the Washington Senate race. The election is done completely by mail, and the Rossi campaign points out that more than 500,000 ballots still have to come in: TO: Interested Parties FROM: Pat Shortridge, campaign manager, Rossi for Senate DATE: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 RE: Early Ballot Counts in Washington State This evening’s returns indicate this election is as close as many predicted, in that it is too close to call. A few points to remember as you examine returns: · Historically in Washington, the Republican...

Sen. Patty Murray clung to a razor thin 1 percent lead over Republican Dino Rossi Tuesday night in Washington's Senate race, with more than half a million votes left to be counted. Murray, the fourth highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, was beating Rossi by about 14,000 votes, giving her a slim 50.5 percent to 49.5 percent advantage among the 60 percent of the share that had been tabulated. Both campaigns claimed to be on the path to victory. "We are winning tonight. We will be winning by even more tomorrow. We will win this race," Murray said in the...

Candidate Vote Vote % Patty Murray (Prefers Democratic Party) 722,396 50.49 % Dino Rossi (Prefers Republican Party) 708,391 49.51 % Total Votes 1,430,787 100.00

Cmon Dino, beat the vapid fool!

Football coaches want to win in the air or on the ground. Many have almost open disdain for the kicker. But when the game comes down to the wire, he often is the the difference between an amazing victory or an agonizing defeat. Political campaigns have their own air (TV and radio ads) and ground (get-out-the-vote and other efforts) strategies. The vast majority of races will have clear winners. But in those instances where a few dozen or few hundred votes separate the contenders, the fight will move to the courtroom.

from PPP: "The most worrisome number for Murray within the poll, beyond her small overall disadvantage, is that among voters who say they've already returned their ballots Rossi's advantage is wider at 52-47. Murray's ability to keep the race close is predicated on the 24% of respondents who have not yet done so returning their ballots. That group supports her by a 51-45 margin."

Washington Democrats have fought back on the notion that they're suffering from the same "enthusiasm gap" plaguing the party nationally. ---------- But a new poll, from Democratic-leaning pollster Public Policy Polling, also carries bad news for Murray. The poll finds Rossi ahead of Murray 50-48. The numbers are even worse for Murray among those who say they already voted. PPP notes: "The most worrisome number for Murray within the poll, beyond her small overall disadvantage, is that among voters who say they've already returned their ballots Rossi's advantage is wider at 52-47. Murray's ability to keep the race close is...

Republican candidates vying to win Democratic-held Senate seats have inched ahead in two once-deadlocked states and are in virtual ties in two others, four new McClatchy-Marist state polls found Friday. The polls, taken Oct. 26-28, showed the Wisconsin and Pennsylvania Senate races leaning Republican, while Washington and Colorado remain tossups. "These are states where Democrats are at best struggling for their political survival," said Lee Miringoff, the director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Republicans are mustering serious challenges in each state by riding the same voter trends: dissatisfaction with the economy and frustration with the...

Where do the races for U.S. Senate in Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington State, and Wisconsin stand? Find out in the latest McClatchy-Marist Poll.

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