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Thanks for copying me on this John. <br>
<br>
Yes, unfortunately our website is not up to date. Our interest in the
Tajmar project has indeed been mothballed. If there is sufficient
interest outside of Martin's lab we may try to publish our assessment
of his experiment and results. The decision is largely up to George
Hathaway, who has been leading our efforts.<br>
<br>
- Michael Ibison<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
John Winterflood wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:49B70FF3.1080701@cyllene.uwa.edu.au" type="cite">Hi
Keith, All,
<br>
<br>
Sorry for my lack of involvement, there have been quite a few things I
would have liked to comment on, but I just don't have enough time these
days.
<br>
<br>
Keith wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite">Still catching up on my xxx.lanl.gov reading.
I noticed that
<br>
Martin Tajmar had published something last June; here's
<br>
the abstract.
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/0806.2271">http://lanl.arxiv.org/abs/0806.2271</a>
<br>
<br>
He seems to be recanting on the earlier claim that the superconductor
is the active agent in his gravitomagnetism
<br>
experiments. From the experiments presented in this paper
<br>
he concludes the effect is being caused by the vortex of
<br>
rotating liquid helium created by the rotating ring.
<br>
<br>
Unfortunately, Earthtechs website does not seem to update
<br>
with new information about their replication attempt...
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.earthtech.org/experiments/tajmar/">http://www.earthtech.org/experiments/tajmar/</a>
<br>
<br>
Anyone know what's going on there?
<br>
</blockquote>
Yes I have heard from both Scott and Michael recently very briefly on
this topic. I am sure there was nothing confidential in our exchange
and so I will pass on the gist of it. They were very interested and
excited about the experiment at the start but as they delved into it
they found the data inconsistent and unconvincing. They seem to have
mothballed the experiment until Martin (Tajmar) can provide them with
better data that seems worth the effort of replication. Michael's dim
recollection is that the "Tajmar effect" apparently diminished by
around an order of magnitude with improvements in equipment - and
Martin's "Predictions" have adjusted to match the reduced signal (again
as best Michael can remember). I have copied both Scott and Michael in
this post so that they may correct me in case I have misrepresented.
<br>
<br>
John
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