On 1/14/2016 6:36 AM, Don Y wrote:
On 1/14/2016 1:28 AM, Robert Green wrote:

Give an interested 8 year old the "microphone" and he'll NATURALLY ask the
questions that the readership is *thinking*.

If you look at these sorts of reports, historically, they are little more
than pipe dreams (where's my rollable OLED TV/phone/display? "cold fusion"?)

Nowadays there's always a strong possibility that the article is a hoax
cribbed from a growing number of sites dedicated to falsifying news reports.

Or, just filler for an advertisement (space/slot) they couldn't sell...

Contrast the approach in this piece:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2865903/Scientists-create-lifes-spark.html