IP: more on Competition to the NSF (laugh (I hope))

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: "Robert Hollebeek" <bobh@NSCP01.PHYSICS.upenn.edu>
>To: <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>Subject: RE: Competition to the NSF (laugh (I hope))
>Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:40:35 -0500
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>Thanks Dave - good to see the State Department is on top of things! I sould
>add however that sonoluminesence is at least a real phenomena, and should
>not be confused (or be guilty by parenthetical association) with cold
>fusion. Due it's very fast and intense pulse, sonoluminescene is actually
>quite useful for calibrations of optical systems. p.s. the mechanism is not
>well understood, but we won't hold that against the effect.
>
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>> 3. FREE ENERGY: STATE DEPARTMENT OPENS ITS DOORS TO NEW AGERS.
>> from Whats New
>> Something called the Integrity Research Institute has announced
>> the First International Conference on Free Energy (CoFE), April
>> 29-30. IRI markets books and videos with such titles as The Race
>> to Zero Point Energy, Anti-Gravity: The Dream Made Reality, and
>> Holistic Physics and Consciousness. It is headed by a US Patent
>> Examiner named Tom Valone, who has been recruiting other open-
>> minded people to become Patent Examiners (WN 20 Nov 98). The
>> speakers list for CoFE is certainly open minded; topics include:
>> assisted nuclear reactions (a.k.a. cold fusion), sonoluminesence
>> (a.k.a. cold fusion), hydrogen technologies (a.k.a. cold fusion),
>> tabletop nuclear transformations (a.k.a. cold fusion), as well as
>> zero point energy generation, negative resistance and...well, you
>> get the idea. Where would you hold such a uh, um open-minded
>> conference? The notice says CoFE will be "under the auspices of
>> the U.S. State Department in the Dean Acheson Auditorium."
>>
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