It does sound like some kind of hoax, but at least it's good enough to fool some supposedly smart people. The independent observer is an "associate professor of

It does sound like some kind of hoax, but at least it's good enough to fool some supposedly smart people. The independent observer is an "associate professor of theoretical physics" at one of the major universities in Sweden, which hopefully means that he knows a thing or two. If, on the other hand, it's something that actually works - then it's big.