Cool story Bro

LeJosh · 17 Feb 2012 at 12:18

Kaboom and my knowledge of chemistry is blown to shreds.

Bunka · 17 Feb 2012 at 12:27

Holy ****. I've just read the whole thing and I'm shocked at the levels of intelligence this kid has. I really do hope he can do something amazing with his abilities to change the world.

jaybee · 17 Feb 2012 at 12:48

Am I reading the same thing here? Basically an article about a clever kid who is very clever. Great.

ash_scotland88 · 17 Feb 2012 at 12:49

With the writer continiously saying he doesn't understand the word "can't" I was expecting some reference to maybe something on the autism scale.
Or one of the other "learning difficulties" where the person only see's in black and white/right and wrong. There's nothing in between. As such often these poeple purposely brake the wrong.

pooey · 17 Feb 2012 at 12:54

Great story, thanks for sharing.

aardvark · 17 Feb 2012 at 12:56

PanMaster said:
What a load of rubbish. KNO3 and sugar burns slowly and is used to make smoke. Plastic containers don't work well for firecrackers and would probably make a modest pop sound at most.

i missed that bit, but you're right - it wouldn't explode.

Tibbz2 · 17 Feb 2012 at 13:02

Holy ****.

Uber cool story bro.

Craig1981 · 17 Feb 2012 at 13:03

ScoTTyBEEE said:
Perhaps he'll destroy the universe.

But perhaps he'll make an even better one.

Narj · 17 Feb 2012 at 13:06

EDIT: wrong thread!

Macky · 17 Feb 2012 at 13:08

“There are no radiation detectors in airports,” Taylor says. “Except for one pilot project, and I can’t tell you which airport that’s at.”

Amazing haha.

Bunka · 17 Feb 2012 at 13:13

jaybee said:
Am I reading the same thing here? Basically an article about a clever kid who is very clever. Great.

Intelligence of that level doesn't come around very often. It's people like this that can genuinely do some exceptional things for day to day society, effectively changing things for the better. Hence a fascinating read.

Scarecrow · 17 Feb 2012 at 13:38

Fantastic reading. He has got a bright future

willhub · 17 Feb 2012 at 13:44

I was disappointed at the end to the story, I wanted it to go on.

Bunka · 17 Feb 2012 at 14:14

willhub said:
I was disappointed at the end to the story, I wanted it to go on.

Considering everything he has achieve at such a young age, I'm sure that there will be many more to come!

"Boy builds time machine in his back garden"

FNGsam · 17 Feb 2012 at 14:34

Bunka said:
Considering everything he has achieve at such a young age, I'm sure that there will be many more to come!

"Boy builds time machine in his back garden"

Headline would probably just read "Boy missing" if he built a time machine as I for one would not be able to stop myself from using it

Soul.Survivor · 17 Feb 2012 at 15:09

Incredibly talented at such a young age!

matt1 · 17 Feb 2012 at 15:13

Fantastic read.

Makes normal life seem boring in comparison.

Energizer Bunny · 17 Feb 2012 at 16:21

Definite future bond villain. This kid is going to turn evil and rule us all.

Alphane · 17 Feb 2012 at 16:45

Whole article was a bit TLDR caught the last paragraph though.

Can anyone with some knowledge of the subject maybe answer me a couple of questions ?

Is this something entirely new he has done or a recreation of previosly known techniques ?

This isn't a uranium fusion reacter right ? whats the diffence between that and the plasma experiment this lad did ?

I remember an experimant using the worlds largest laser focused on a single point , they where trying to recreate 'sun like' temps, was that a fission thing rather than a fusion one?

Kudos to the little dude though, hope he goes on to bigger and better things ....

And that he doesn't manage to blow the world up accidently :eek:

K1LLSW1TCH · 17 Feb 2012 at 17:01

Amazing read, I think people saying "it's just a smart kid" are really missing the point.