The primary developers of this website are three ISCMNS members and volunteers. Dr. Thomas Grimshaw, President of the firm LENRGY, LLC, is providing leadership in his volunteer position as ISCMNS archivist. Rob Christian, ISCMNS leader for education, focuses on cold fusion’s potential to address global climate change through his “Climate Change Answer”. Seamus Lonergan specializes in capturing cold fusion legacy information sources from the Internet. Rob and Seamus both have advanced skills in Web research and applications. The following graphic is from a 2024 presentation1 at the 16th International Workshop of Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metals2, which was sponsored by the ISCMNS.
The principal sources of videos for the CFV project are contributions from individuals and organizations in the field. The project has its origins in the LENRGY program, LENR Research Documentation Initiative (LRDI), where are the existence of VHS videos in the possession of more than 20 participants was documented. The LRDI is described on the LENRGY website at https://lenrgyllc.com/documenting-research/. The sources of the first two VHS collections were LRDI participants Mel Miles and Tom Passel, who each had about 35 to 40 VHS tapes3. Collaboration has also been established with Christy Frazier of the New Energy Foundation, which already has many early videos available on YouTube.
Thanks to Rob Christian, a number of online tools and functions have been used in the CFV project. This website has been established in WordPress. The links in the video tables are to YouTube, the Internet Archive or in some cases both. Permanent storage of the video files is on Dropbox. Primary data management is accomplished with AirTable. Trello is used for project management. Communications are with Discord and Riverside and by email.
Citations
1VHS Tapes of Cold Fusion Activities and Events: A Window into the Early Years of the Field
2The International Workshop of Anomalies in Hydrogen Loaded Metal -The Bill Collis Memorial Workshop. September 2-4, 2024. Strasbourg, France. https://iscmns.org/workshops/iwahlm-16
3Grimshaw, T., and R. Christian, 2024. VHS Tapes of Cold Fusion, Events and Activities – A Window into the Early Years of the Field: The Tape Collections of Melvin Miles and Tom Passell. Draft Report. LENRGY, LLC and Climate Change Answer, April.