Let's light the New Fire together
Since 2012, the independent and socially funded Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project (MFMP) has been exploring the science behind the 'New Fire' without fear or prejudice, whilst advancing and democratising the scientific method.
MFMP aims
- Show to the world there is a new practical primary energy source we call the New Fire
- Once shown, help develop peoples understanding of what the New Fire is
- Help promote the development and uptake of the New Fire in all its various guises
The 'New Fire'
The 'New Fire' has apparently shown itself in nature and biology, so one could argue that it is not so new - since 1891 though it seemed to reveal itself to Nikola Tesla in his 'Carbon Button' lightbulb.
This invention, born out of a need to find a competing product to Thomas Edisons' filament lightbulb, produced 10 times the light of his competitors bulb - but that is not all, there were apparently periodic table elements in the bulb after its operation that were not there before hand and it produced what later became known as x-rays. Despite all this, the structure of the nucleus of atoms had not been explored sufficiently to enable any real understanding then, of what might be going on.
Thoughout the 20th Century, as the proton, neutron, deuterium and their interactions were established, unusual observations, including those by Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann in 1989 were reported across the globe, including many that produced element or isotope changes and net energy releases well beyond chemical. It is the bold claims of experienced researchers that our project works to understand.
Our story
It was obvious to five new attendees at a 2012 conference on the subject in South Korea, that knowledge of the science was being held back by a combination of vested interests, lack of effective communication and the loss of great researchers, made visceral by the passing of Martin Fleischmann just prior to the event. This spurred the formation of the project and gave it it's purpose and name and one brave Italian scientist, Francesco Celani gave us access to his technology.
Our process
Or process is collaborative and driven by citizen scientists and volunteer professionals. Contributors include people that work or have worked at an alphabet soup of organisations such as Bobcat, ESA, NASA, DOE, CERN, INFN, IBM, Compaq, Microsoft etc. but for the most part, the best research and analysis comes from passionate and interested people in the crowd and we hope you can join in as we continue to move forward.
We publish what we intend to do before we do it, are on a constant state of 'ask me anything' (AMA) and try to create and share real technical solutions and apparatus that are affordable, to enable more scientists to explore the field themselves.
Here are a few contributions to the research community the project has provided over the last few years.
2014 - Paul/Ryan Hunt's HUGNet Lab : data graphing technology
2015 - Alan Goldwater's GlowStick : robust reactor design
2016 - Bob Higgins' neutron detector
This year we are trialling affordable technology aimed at seeing muons (heavy electrons)
We help support researchers and universities all over the world with know-how and materials and we connect people where ever possible to advance the science.
Live Open Science (LOS)
Our defining feature however is that, since our first experiments, we go to extraordinary lengths to share our data live, our followers, supporters and analysts get to see the same data we do, when we see it. We call this process 'Live Open Science'. We have no ability to cherry pick or manipulate data to form a narrative and we cannot retract since it is already in the public record. Sometimes, things are quite eciting, like when in Feb 2015, a reactor went Bang!
To achive this we use live streaming and data feeds and now we want to add the power of the block chain to our work via Steemit. Our contributors have always had their work in the public record and this fits well with the ethos of this platform. Moreover, there is a chance for our followers to receive steem for their work which would be a nice bonus.
Click here to see the latest MFMP live link / recent experiment
Overview of research in field
Here is an partial overview of research in the field presented at Stanford University on 25th January 2017 - from 56:33 you can see discussion by MFMP volunteers that touches upon some of the research and collaborations planned in the coming year.
Join us and be a part of changing science for the betterment of all.