Hardware: Amateur Scientists Seek Fusion Reaction 2008-08-18 21:37
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on Monday August 18, @09:37PM
from the things-that-hopefully-do-not-go-boom dept.
from the things-that-hopefully-do-not-go-boom dept.
ElvaWSJ writes "A small subculture of amateur physicists and science-fiction fans — fewer than 100 worldwide — are building working nuclear-fusion reactors at home. The designs are based on the work of Philo T. Farnsworth, an inventor of television, from the 1960s. Some of these hobbyists hope similar reactors can one day power the planet, but so far they consume more energy than they create."
