We trust these people with Nuclear power plants?
Is this eDowsing?
I sincerely hope this is an internet myth.
-Tim Scarlett
> WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 25 Jan 02 Washington, DC
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> 1. DOE VOODOO: INSPECTOR GENERAL UNCOVERS MORE HIGH-TECH DOWSING.
> The DOE Office of Environmental Management supports development
> of innovative environmental cleanup technologies. It would be
> hard to imagine anything more innovative than "Passive Magnetic
> Resonance Anomaly Mapping," which combines an electronic system
> and a human operator into a single bio-sensory unit by connecting
> the operator at the wrists to an electronic system strapped to
> his waist. The device is supposed to locate underground water,
> faults, fractures, buried objects and chemicals. Specifics on
> the interaction between the operator and the electronics are, of
> course, proprietary. However, it relies on the operator's
> ability to sense tiny changes in magnetic fields. You've been
> having trouble sensing magnetic fields? Not to worry. The
> operator, a Ukrainian, is said to be the only person in the world
> who can. According to the DOE Inspector General's report, no
> peer review was sought before spending $408,750 on field tests.
> You will be shocked to learn that it failed every test. The
> company that developed it blamed calibration problems. We are
> reminded that DOE also bought into the DKL LifeGuard. It was
> supposed to detect a human heartbeat through 500 ft. of concrete
> and steel(WN 25 Sep 98). Before that, DOE fell for the Quadro
> Tracker, a dowsing rod with lights and buttons (WN 12 Jan 96).
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Timothy James Scarlett
Incipient Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Program in Industrial History and Archaeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan 49931-1295 USA
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MTU Website: www.industrialarchaeology.net
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