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A tinkerer from New York is currently the 38th independent amateur physicist in the world to achieve nuclear fusion from a homemade reactor.
Ecuador/columbia border. one person in custody. and a heatwave of historic proportions may strike some northeastern states. actually, it already is. temperatures reaching triple digits could trigger a dangerous situation, according to weather officials. tuesday's supposed to be the hottest, so be careful. drink plenty of liquids and stay in if you can. the big i. talk about a big idea. an amateur scientist has built a fusion reactor in brooklyn. he's hoping to develop a cheap source of energy. cnn's carol costello has the story. >> reporter: a warehouse in brooklyn. inside a dream that if ...
The big i. just before the break, carol costello introduced us to mark supp suppes, who has put together a nuclear reactor at a warehouse in brooklyn. he joins us now live from our studios in new york. and you know, mark, first things first. you design websites for gucci? >> that's correct. >> so, you know, where do you cross paths with nuclear fusion? how did you get into this? >> i've been an entrepreneur for almost ten years now. and i've done a lot of web start-ups and a lot of technology. and very comfortable looking at a problem and identifying an opportunity. >> and so you're sitting ar...
By doing an open source project, i hope to bring the process of discovery to the public and showing the public what it takes to do original science and to kind of move forward. very exciting to show the process of this. >> has the group done any kind of reachout to you? are they interested in what you're coming up with, the group that's already doing this in new mexico? >> they know about my project. i think to the degree that they can reach out to me, they have. but they have restrictions on what they can say and do. >> mark supas, from new york. thanks, mark. appreciate it. the world cup's...