University Of Bologna Confirms Rossi E-Cat Research

Another Blow For Pseudoscepticks As The University Of Bologna Confirm They Will Study And Research The Rossi E-Catalyzer For 2 Years.  The Research Costs (500,000 EUROS) Will Be Entirely Paid For By Rossi Himself.

The Physics Department of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, wishes to communicate that:

• - A 24-month research contract for the amount of 500,000 euros (+VAT) has been signed with the firm EFA ltd., in order to perform research into the field of the energy production efficiency of apparatuses belonging to said firm;

• - Said research contract will become operative when the Department receives payment of the first scheduled installment;

• - Said research contract (an integral part of the program) will involve measurements of apparatus performance as well as possible improvements in performance.

Official information regarding the relevant research activity will be furnished solely and exclusively by the Physics Department, or by the Alma Mater Studiorum, to which the Department belongs.

[Signed]

Chair, Physics Department,
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.

*With thanks to Alex Passi for the English translation.

http://www.df.unibo.it/bacheca/avviso_efa.pdf

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New Scientific Leap: Steam Flow Rate YouTube Technology

History has shown us that ANY technological development where new scientific understanding is required ALWAYS meets with great levels of resistance. The Rossi e-Catalyzer is no different in that respect.

In the past week critics have been almost choking on their garlic bread trying to pour cold water down the spout of Rossi's energy "kettle-izer."

First to sink the boot into Rossi was Steven B Krivit, LENR officionado and  author of the New Energy Times Blog.  Krivit traveled to Italy a few weeks ago to see what all the fuss was about for himself.  Rossi (back in January) had agreed to showing him a demonstration of the e-cat in action and to answering some of his questions.

While there, Krivit made some videos showing the e-cat operating and even had some brief time to interview Rossi and the other members of the e-cat team. The videos of the latter have yet to be published.

Krivit's latest report which can be found here doesn't seem to have much in the way of science behind it. Instead, it reads a lot like a charcater assasination, dragging up everything from Rossi's previous misdeeds with Petroldragon to questioning whether he's a qualified engineer. (Rumor also has it that he may even have faked his bronze swimming certificate.)
 

Needless to say, exchanging Christmas cards is now off the table for both parties.

 
It is true that Rossi is no saint - to which he readily admits. He has a colourful past that he'd perhaps rather forget, but then again so does the current Pope. Past performance is no guarantee of future outcomes - as my Enron Hedge Fund Manager used to tell me - (god rest his soul).

In Krivit's defence though, he got off his arse and traveled a long way with what seemed like good intentions (the truth) - only to be shown the exit door after barely having time to slurp the foam off his Caffè latte; To top it all off, Rossi called him a "snake" after reading his first summary report. And as any good journalist will tell you, being called a "snake" by someone never ends well with fluffy endorsements of your technology and pictures in Hello magazine.

In round 2 of this week's Rossi bashing, step forward into the ring Swedish physicist Peter Ekstrom. Ekstrom had previously let his criticisms be known in a specially prepared pdf he put together a few months BC (Before steam Controversy). The steam debacle came from observations of Krivit's video where for about 4 seconds in between camera blur and focus, the steam comes out the end of a long rubber hose attached to the energy catalyzer. Not enough steam!, Should be more steam! -  they cried as the white steam is shown against the hastily improvised black background of someone's t-shirt.  At the end of the day though, and just like the kettle in my kitchen - it appears that a watched ecatalyzer never boils. Perhaps because the hose was supplied by IKEA?

It didn't look like what they thought 5 Kw worth of steam ought to look like, so naturally they concluded that Rossi's figures of the power output must be wrong - 2 orders of magnitude less if you believe Krivit's report. Not even enough steam to iron one pair of Action Man's underpants.

As well as Ekstrom, other Flat-Earthers have surfaced this week to join in the Rossi bashing, but they are decidedly less memorable for their armchair assesments and provide even less credible evidence in order to take them seriously.

So what's the actual science behind the steam controversy? Not much it would appear.

The whole thing (including Ekstron's latest criticism) is loosely based on the observations made by "experts" going goggle-eyed watching Krivit's video. Now that's 21st century science in action! I hadn't realised that YouTube videos were peer review worthy finely tuned measurement devices of the scientific establishment.

If someone had asked me to measure the amount of steam being produced by the e-catalyzer I would have probably recommended that they attach a flow meter or some other suitable electronic gadget costing an arm and a leg. Thanks to those "experts" though, I have been educated. I now know that the power of eyeballs is sufficient (Hi Def and 3D glasses of course).

So this morning I nearly tripped over the cat while rushing down to brekky - so desperate I was to try out my new skill that up until yesterday, I didn't even know I had. I relaxed my breathing like a master Yogi, standing there (and measuring the flow rate through bleary eyes) I witnessed the kettle produce a whopping 1.2472 Kw worth of steam. How do I know this? Well, I stared at the spout while cleverly buttering the kitchen worktop. Who says I can't multitask?

But in all seriousness, these are the same critics who chastise Rossi for his lack of information, and the strongest arguments they have right now seem to be either questioning Rossi's past or basing "scientific" proclamations on the newly invented peer-reviewed method of steam guesstimation technology.

Speechless I am (as Yoda would say).

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Scientists Dump Science

On 3rd October, A user named quantumdarkness19 attempted to start a legitimate scientific discussion and investigation into Steorn's eOrbo technology on mainstream scientific forum SciForums.com. He presents an amazing amount of data backed by charts and oscilloscope captures to get some sort of scientific dialogue, feedback and discussion on the matter.

After presenting the data some pseudoskeptics complain bitterly and the moderator moves the thread to "Pseudoscience".

Aptly named user "Blindman" is outraged by the fact the thread is located in a science part of the forum stating "Mods why has this thread not been moved to Pseudoscience where it belongs.."

User "spidergoat" arrogantly spouts "Claims for perpetual motion are always inherently wrong, no further analysis is necessary."

"Finally, the moderator James R replies "If Steorn's engine worked, it would violate the first law of thermodynamics. No more needs to be said. Thread moved to pseudoscience."

No attempt at scientific discussion was made. No attempt to explain the phenomena. No discussion or any attempt at anything vaguely scientific, just sheer pseudoskeptic arrogance that it can't possibly work based on assumption and faith.

Is this how good science is done these days? Is this our modern approach to new science and phenomena? If so, then we are on a downward slop.

Ladies and gentlement, this is a small incident, but is typical of the kind of sickness and deformity that has penetrated and is symptomatic of every part of the pompus pig-headed modern mainstream scientific establishment. We are seeing this kind of thing over and over again on an almost daily basis. Shameful use of ridicule and mocking tactics used to unscientifically discredit without debate.

Anything contrary to scientific dogma is immediately and without investigation thrown out and discounted as "pseudoscience" by these establishment defending pseudosceptics.

The above video is for all pseudosceptics attacking paranormal claims the world over. Something you can finally identify with.

Soak it up sweethearts!

SciForums Thread -

http://www.sciforums.com/showthread.php?p=2642739

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