Globe and Mail: Inside a small garage-like laboratory in a north-east Calgary industrial park, there sits a box. It’s small, less than a metre to a side, with 72 wires attached to its top in a dense snarl. Two exposed stove elements are stuck vertically to the outside of one of its side walls, which are made of metal. The elements are on, and hot. On the opposite side, a thin metal pipe descends to the floor and into a small vessel that looks like a steel bowling pin. But if the exterior of …