Andrea Rossi’s final shout on Dick Smith and competitors is revealing.

Update at end of post.

As though orchestrated by Rossi himself, the volume of reasonable and unreasonable criticism of his claims has intensified recently.

A video from Defkalion.

On one level, the confusion surrounding the University of Bologna’s eCat research is a small detail that no one should sweat over but an eCat in the hands of respected academics would send a strong signal to those outide the circle of priviledge surrounding the inventor.

For the last six months, many of us have been waiting in hope for the promised research contract between Andrea Rossi’s company and The University of Bologna to be actioned.

For the last six months, many of us have been waiting in hope for the promised research contract between Andrea Rossi’s company and The University of Bologna to be actioned.

For the last six months, many of us have been waiting in hope for the promised research contract between Andrea Rossi’s company and The University of Bologna to be actioned.

NASA scientist Joe Zawodny was at centre stage a few days ago, first for his star role in NASA’s first public-facing video extolling the real potential of cold fusion and then for posting a personal reply on his blog that appeared (as some interpreted it) an attempt to dampen over zealous extrapolations from what was said into commercial claims by third parties.

A few days ago, during an interview with Sterling Allan of Peswiki , Andrea Rossi told us that the $500 home eCat was not suitable for sanitary use (hand washing, shower etc).