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by Ivy Matt
Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:47 am
Forum: News
Topic: Taylor Wilson in EcoHeat YouTube ad
Replies: 0
Views: 869

Taylor Wilson in EcoHeat YouTube ad

I don't know how long this has been around, but I just saw a YouTube advertisement for something called EcoHeat, supposedly invented by a bright high school student named "Martin" to help heat his school after it failed to receive approval for a badly-needed new heating system. However, in the accom...
by Ivy Matt
Mon Jul 17, 2023 6:27 am
Forum: News
Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
Replies: 880
Views: 527099

Re: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter

There haven't been any updates on the LPP website since May, but their crowdfunding effort is ongoing. They've passed their first milestone of $100,000, and have set a new target of $200,000 by the end of July. Also, they posted this to their Wefunder page: https://wefunder.com/updates/165053-dense-...
by Ivy Matt
Mon Mar 27, 2023 5:14 am
Forum: News
Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
Replies: 880
Views: 527099

Re: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter

I wasn't expecting another report so soon, but it looks like one was published mid-month: Part 1 Part 2 Part 1 consists of a call for funding, a press mention of an LPPFusion spin-off idea, and coverage of the TAE/LHD p-B11 experiments. The major takeaways are that their paper was published on March...
by Ivy Matt
Mon Mar 27, 2023 4:39 am
Forum: News
Topic: My experience with Chat GPT-4
Replies: 11
Views: 2435

Re: My experience with Chat GPT-4

"On two occasions, I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ― Charles Babbage
by Ivy Matt
Sun Jan 01, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
Replies: 880
Views: 527099

Re: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter

November 30 report December 30 report The upshot of both reports is that LPPFusion has been testing an updated switch design testbed, and the results have been promising. LPPFusion is optimistic that this switch design will enable them to fire FF-2B at a high enough current, and with enough simulta...
by Ivy Matt
Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:41 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
Replies: 880
Views: 527099

Re: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter

Equally important, the entire spectrum from 300 nm to 800 nm shows only the lines of deuterium, beryllium, oxygen and nitrogen - no heavier elements are present at all. The nitrogen is not an impurity but is deliberately introduced as a mixing gas for experimental purposes . Now, that's news I've b...
by Ivy Matt
Thu Nov 25, 2021 6:18 am
Forum: News
Topic: KSTAR - South Korea's magnetic fusion device
Replies: 4
Views: 2850

Re: KSTAR - South Korea's magnetic fusion device

The news appears to be that KSTAR "broke its own record". You might think that meant it held the previous record, and that ought to be a reasonable assumption.

Lawyers, politicians, and headline writers.
by Ivy Matt
Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:24 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Chinese Scientists Say They’ve Discovered Cheap New Way to Do Nuclear Fusion
Replies: 1
Views: 1805

Re: Chinese Scientists Say They’ve Discovered Cheap New Way to Do Nuclear Fusion

From the referenced SCMP article:
Lead researcher Zhang Zhe predicts a new generation of large-scale laser facilities will be finished or near completion in China by 2026.
by Ivy Matt
Wed Sep 15, 2021 11:13 am
Forum: News
Topic: Z-Pinch Renaissance
Replies: 208
Views: 192891

Re: Z-Pinch Renaissance

These efforts aim to scale the pinch current, plasma density, and plasma temperature to reach scientific breakeven equivalent conditions by early 2023 in the next generation device FuZE-Q, which is currently being commissioned. I'm guessing this means that they expect to achieve conditions with DD ...
by Ivy Matt
Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:44 am
Forum: News
Topic: LLNL "at threshold of fusion ignition"
Replies: 1
Views: 1792

LLNL "at threshold of fusion ignition"

LLNL has announced that on August 8 the National Ignition Facility achieved a fusion yield of more than 1.3 megajoules. This is not quite ignition, but it is getting there. Omar Hurricane is quoted as saying, "To me, this is a Wright Brothers moment," which is what's making the headlines , but he al...
by Ivy Matt
Thu May 13, 2021 3:33 am
Forum: News
Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
Replies: 250
Views: 255843

Re: Small Tri Alpha news blurp

Dr. Jaeyoung Park is a co-author of the paper, and his affiliation is given as "TAE Technologies, Inc." When did that happen?
by Ivy Matt
Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:26 am
Forum: News
Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
Replies: 880
Views: 527099

Re: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter

Also, with lower Z brehmstralung should be lower, so the plasma would heat up faster, other things equal. That could be a compelling reason to test with D+He3. My understanding is that Bremsstrahlung is supposed to be minimized by the quantum magnetic field effect, but LPPFusion hasn't yet reached ...
by Ivy Matt
Thu Mar 25, 2021 5:55 am
Forum: News
Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
Replies: 880
Views: 527099

Re: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter

I asked a similar question (though not specifically about He3) a long time ago on the Focus Fusion forums. I forget exactly what the answer is, but my understanding of the fuel situation is this: deuterium (what LPP has been using) is useful mainly for diagnostic purposes because it produces neutron...
by Ivy Matt
Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:51 am
Forum: News
Topic: 2021 state of the horse race: ITER vs. dark horses
Replies: 44
Views: 18657

Re: 2021 state of the horse race: ITER vs. dark horses

You are stuck in the thinking that these companies are still trying to prove their science. I'm not sure I understand what you're implying. I see perhaps three possibilities: 1) These companies don't have to prove their science to the general public. No doubt this is true for now and until they hav...
by Ivy Matt
Fri Mar 19, 2021 6:40 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Using gravity to create a self sustaining thermonuclear reaction
Replies: 6
Views: 5499

Re: Using gravity to create a self sustaining thermonuclear reaction

Interesting. Could this be interpreted as a refinement of the "elephant" idea?