Yeah, that's about room temperature. About luke-tepid, really.
Ever since scientists discovered how to create fusion in a controlled environment they've been searching for a way to do it in an uncontrolled environment as well as ratchet the heat levels down a bit. Sadly, we aren't quite there yet.
For the layman "fusion" is a thing that scientists talk about. It has something to do with science and a quest for better energy. Much beyond that it's pretty much gibberish, and you can take that from an expert; I speak fluent gibberish.
The baby step towards cold fusion I saw was a little something cleverly called "tepid fusion." Though not precisely cold, at full blast it still failed to melt through the apartment floor, and that's without even any lead shields or reinforced concrete.
As a renewable energy source it's pretty amazing. Once plugged into the wall it can burn forever by only changing the incandescent filament from time to time. It emits energy in the form of light and a very subtle "heat."
This here's what I did. Sorry about that, my bad.
The problem may have stemmed from a little voltage misunderstanding. The "lamp" is wired to run on 240 volts AC, but our "scientists" plugged it into a voltage converter to bring it down to 110 volts AC. Clever contraption that fusion lamp was, it still tried to suck 240 through the line and my adapter gave protest. Under the stress and conflict the converter suffered a total meltdown and now both the research committee and the living room are left in the dark.
This is without a doubt a milestone for fusion research, though admittedly I have no clue what a milestone actually is. For lack of a better understanding let's just agree that this is one of them.
Tepid fusion will be a technology to keep a watchful eye on in coming years. Mock my words, if these "light bulbs" don't catch on, my name isn't whatever my name is.
