[Grey Wolf]

Sucess, it seems: http://www.rpi.edu/web/News/press_releases/2004/lahey.htm#cool:

[BlackDove]

We probably won't see it work in practise during our lifetime.

[Liberator]

It is very cool none the less.  100 million kelvin!!!  That is hotter than the sun.

[Aspa]

Acoustic cavitation? Like sonoluminesence? That's pretty easy to do, some've done it as hobby projects. Google for it, or visit
http://www.uah.edu/research/resrev96/Micro/students.html

Hmm... if they succeed in reducing the destructive harmonics enough to sustain a fusion reaction... er, how much nuclear fusion energy potentional is there in a glass of water?  

[Grey Wolf]

Unfortunately, it seems I used the incorrect term, as this is bubble fusion, not cold fusion. I blame the Inquirer article that linked to the press release...

[Carl]

Cold fusion is a ridiculous concept that anyone who knows anything about nuclear physics would deam laughable.

[Grey Wolf]

This isn't cold fusion, though. This is bubble fusion, which is based on sonoluminescence.

[Carl]

i didn't say it was. i said that after you corrected yourself.

[Nuke]

the whole cold fusion thing is just a case of poor naming by scientists. cold fusion to me means creating a fusion reaction, without the nuclear devistation of the surrounding area

helium-3 fusion stands the best chance of working effietiently. very little radiation emmission and the energy produced can be converted directly to electricity (in theory). i personally am suprised with the simplicity of the bubble fusion meathod, as very little energy would be required to initiate the reaction. now its a matter of creating effietent means to convert the resulting neutron emmission into electricity. thats the bit problem with laser fusion, the power output is just barely enough to cover the power consumption of the lasers.