My coworker is currently building what should be the highest yield Farnsworth-style fusor in existence.

You may have read the article about the home chemist earlier, but there is also a whole group of "home nuclear engineers".

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121901740078248225-email.htm...

Did anyone else have a flashback to the movie The Manhattan Project just now?

Both Bussard and his most likely competitor, Eric Lerner, have done presentations on Google Tech Talks, you can find them on Google video. Bussard died the other day unfortunately. Lerner's technology, Focus Fusion, seemed a more likely candidate anyway, in his talk he briefly mentions how much closer he is than Bussard to achieving fusion.

GIVE US POLYWELL