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Stan Meyer said he built this for US patent law: his 11-card water fuel cell rack

Stan Meyer said he built this for one reason: US patent law. Eleven circuit cards, one for every cell, on a console marked HYDROGEN FRACTURING PROCESS, photographed in 2008. In 1990 he said on camera it was made "to satisfy the U.S. Code of Operability". What the cards do, why every cell got its own

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Stan Meyer said he built this for one reason: US patent law. Eleven circuit cards, one for every cell, on a console marked HYDROGEN FRACTURING PROCESS, photographed in 2008. In 1990 he said on camera it was made "to satisfy the U.S. Code of Operability". What the cards do, why every cell got its own, and the two meters on the front that the whole argument is about.

About the voices. The narrator is NeuralStan, an AI voice the archive uses for its made films. Where you hear Stan Meyer, it is Stan: every word of his is cut from an original recording, and nothing he says was synthesised.

Sources

  • Stan Meyer at his garage · 1990 interview
  • Stan Meyer's rack and console · 2008 · © Stan's Legacy
  • Stan Meyer at his garage, the 1990 interview: "a pre-engineering unit in order to satisfy the U.S. Code of Operability on Section 35, Section 101" at 27:59 — stanslegacy.com
  • 35 U.S.C. § 101: an invention must be new and useful to be patented
  • Photograph: Charlie Holbrook's basement collection, 2008. © Stan's Legacy; ask before republishing.

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