Comment Fusion Expert/Blogger/Evangelist Here! (Score 1) 305
I worked on NIF for 7 years. I hold a doctorate in engineering, with extensive fusion experience. For 5 years, I have been running a fusion blog: http://thepolywellblog.blogspo.... Got some traffic from here, thought I would say hello!
Fusion is changing and it is much closer than you think. Consider what has happened, just this year:
1. In April, Livermore has failed to get Ignition and cancelled LIFE. 13 BILLION Dollar program Ended.
2. In June, the Navy published new polywell research, showing evidence of cusp confinement.
3. In March, Jamie Edwards became the youngest person to fuse the atom, at 13! He was on The David Letterman Show,
4. In March, General Fusion presented a 55 million dollar device to the TED conference. Jeff Bezos funded them.
5. In May, LPPX raised tens of thousands in an online fund raising campaign for fusion.
6. Last May, High school students won 2nd at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for doing fusion in a garage.
7. This Year, Phenoix Nuclear Labs pushed out new fusion devices, which make 3E11 Nuetrons/Second with IEC fusion.
This is the new, 2014, reality of fusion. It is not BS - but, real and substantial developments. It's not cold fusion. It's not even lasers or tokamaks. Fusion is changing. We will see what happens next. It is very exciting.
