LOW ENERGY NUCLEAR CELL PHONES

Nuclear waste from your cell phone?

Nuclear reactions may produce phones’ power
Jon Van April 16, 2007 (Chicago Tribune)

WHO
Lattice Energy LLC, founder Lewis Larsen and Northeastern University professor Allan Widom

WHAT
Low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR), otherwise known as cold fusion, a way to generate heat and charged particles by mixing specific metals such as palladium with “heavy” water and an energy input.

WHEN
The company is presently building itself into an entrepreneurial force. Larsen predicts LENR is 5 years from becoming a market force.

WHERE
Lattice Energy, LLC, is Chicago-based. Previous experimental work in cold fusion was done in Japan, China and Russia.

WHY
Previous experimenters in the field concluded the reaction was from a fusion of deuterium atoms forming helium, which was impossible at the low temperatures at which it was occurring. Widon concluded it was instead the result of lower temperature weak forces, that is electrons combining with protons to form neutrons plus energy. Having published their theory, Widom and Larsen are now meeting with financiers and government representatives. They anticipate that nanotechnology advances will allow LENR to provide the best source of power to cell phones and other electronic mobile devices.

QUOTES
"A lot of people are doing very good chemistry experiments, but they don't understand what's happening," Larsen said. "They write fine papers but then add foolish speculation."
"Our model invokes no new physics," said Widom. "Everything we've done conforms to the Standard Model's predictions for weak interactions."