Never "write-off" backyard tinkerers, eh?

[Scuba_Steve]

I wonder how much re tooling steel mills will cost?

Maybe the number crunchers say 'too hard too expensive' and stick with the current paradigm until new steel mills are made.

I think thats one of the advantages of this stuff, is it doesn't require "re-inventing" the steel mill, just some very minor alterations I believe

In keeping with the backyard tinkerer theme... check this stuff out :-

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...the-world.html

Hope it's not a late April Fools scam!

Sounds pretty interesting if it's not, & alot of it does make sense not signing confidentiality will keep you out of the military arena, alot of companies would rather rip-off then pay-out so I could see how mass market talks got nowhere & why we haven't seen the actual product. But guess only time will tell for sure

[Winston001]

Its a good thing to celebrate the lone geniuses who dedicate their lives to an idea. I'm reading "One Good Run" about Bert Munro at the moment which is a salutary story of obsession.

John Britten's early death is a loss to us all. He was intelligent, inspired, and inventive. We need these people for what they can discover and for what they say to us all about singleminded dedication.