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| Celebrimbor |
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SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. -- A Florida man may have accidentally invented a machine that could solve the gasoline and energy crisis plaguing the U.S., WPBF News 25 reported.
Sanibel Island resident John Kanzius is a former broadcast executive from Pennsylvania who wondered if his background in physics and radio could come in handy in treating the disease from which he suffers: cancer.
Kanzius, 63, invented a machine that emits radio waves in an attempt to kill cancerous cells while leaving normal cells intact. While testing his machine, he noticed that his invention had other unexpected abilities.
Filling a test tube with salt water from a canal in his back yard, Kanzius placed the tube and a paper towel in the machine and turned it on. Suddenly, the paper towel ignited, lighting up the tube like it was a wax candle.
"Pretty neat, huh?" Kanzius asked WPBF’s Jon Shainman.
Kanzius performed the experiment without the paper towel and got the same result -- the saltwater was actually burning.
The former broadcasting executive said he showed the experiment to a handful of scientists across the country who claim they are baffled at watching salt water ignite.
Kanzius said the flame created from his machine reaches a temperature of around 3,000 degrees Farenheit. He said a chemist told him that the immense heat created from the machine breaks down the hydrogen-oxygen bond in the water, igniting the hydrogen.
"You could take plain salt water out of the sea, put it in containers and produce a violent flame that could heat generators that make electricity, or provide other forms of energy," Kanzius said.
He said engineers are currently experimenting with him in Erie, Pa. in an attempt to harness the energy. They’ve built an engine that, when placed on top of the flame, chugged along for two minutes, Kanzius told WPBF.
Kanzius admits all the excitement surrounding a new possible energy source was a stroke of luck. Someone who witnessed his work on the cancer front asked him if perhaps the machine could be used for desalinization.
"This was an experiment to see if I could heat salt water, and instead of heat, I got fire," Kanzius said.
Kanzius said he hoped that his invention could one day solve a lot of the world’s energy problems.
"If I were to be bold enough, I think one day you could power an automobile with this, eventually," Kanzius told WPBF. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 6:51 pm |
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| CarpeGuitarrem |
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| is this a hoax? I haven’t heard anything about this. |
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sickofpalantirs wrote: is this a hoax? I haven’t heard anything about this.
Celebrimbor wrote:
Previous Stories:
* February 28, 2007: Florida Man Invents Machine To Cure Cancer |
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| sickofpalantirs |
| Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:10 am |
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AgentDrake wrote: sickofpalantirs wrote: is this a hoax? I haven’t heard anything about this. Celebrimbor wrote:
Previous Stories:
* February 28, 2007: Florida Man Invents Machine To Cure Cancer
I know. I was just curious why he bothered posting it then.
+ this through me off
NBarden wrote: Wow. This is revolutionary. |
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| Celebrimbor |
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sickofpalantirs wrote: is this a hoax? I haven’t heard anything about this.
NOT a hoax. Go to a major news site on the web, and they even have videos.
NBarden wrote: This is revolutionary.
Yes, definitely! I will bet almost anything that just water and salt will become our next major fuel source. No pollution! |
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bunnydaman wrote: interesting...
It is... When I first herd about it was confused. |
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