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by Carl White
Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:29 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 669
Views: 108198

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

I've written a few long, detailed answers to a few people objections and doubts, that took me some time to compose to my satisfaction, and they are just hidden to everyone. :roll: YouTube apparently allows content posters to "hide users", meaning they can select users to make their comments invisib...
by Carl White
Sun Aug 06, 2023 6:54 am
Forum: News
Topic: Diamonds turn nuclear waste into nuclear batteries
Replies: 22
Views: 20385

Re: Diamonds turn nuclear waste into nuclear batteries

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/618685095/nano-diamond-battery-ndb-launches-crowdfunding-offering-to-revolutionize-the-energy-industry NDB Inc., a cutting-edge power company, is proud to announce the launch of a crowdfunding offering to bring its innovative Nano Diamond Battery technology to consume...
by Carl White
Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: LK-99
Replies: 3
Views: 688

Re: LK-99

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/super ... ate-claims

"16 Teams Race to Validate Superconductor Breakthrough, Find Mixed Results"

There's a nice table summarizing them.
by Carl White
Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:51 am
Forum: News
Topic: NT-Tao (Israeli fusion company)
Replies: 4
Views: 1306

Re: NT-Tao (Israeli fusion company)

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/breakthrough-fusion-solutions-from-nt-tao-offer-clean-energy/ By achieving an impressive efficiency of over 32% in prototype A and further improving performance in prototype B with a stronger power supply, NT-Tao showcases its ability to optimize energy transfer and e...
by Carl White
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:21 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 669
Views: 108198

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

The shock of net electric from fusion in a 50 MWe plant prototype machine will be earth shattering. Imagine the solar, wind, battery pushers once the announcement blows up the narrative, not to mention the fission people. This worries me. Some of them are so invested that they might do everything t...
by Carl White
Wed Jul 12, 2023 11:37 pm
Forum: News
Topic: FIA 2023 Report
Replies: 4
Views: 722

Re: FIA 2023 Report

I might just be catching up on events, but the FIA has set up a Space Committee:

https://www.fusionindustryassociation.o ... committee/
by Carl White
Mon Jul 10, 2023 10:27 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helicity Space
Replies: 13
Views: 4963

Re: Helicity Space

Some competition for Helicity: Pulsar Fusion.

https://news.satnews.com/2023/07/06/nuc ... akthrough/

They hope to demonstrate an exhaust speed of ~500,000 mph in a static test fire in 2025.
by Carl White
Thu Jun 22, 2023 4:09 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter
Replies: 880
Views: 529838

Re: Lawaranceville E-Newsletter

Six minute talk by Eric Lerner, titled "Who's Ahead in the Fusion Energy Race"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8QXC5M ... =LPPFusion
by Carl White
Thu Jun 22, 2023 3:51 am
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 669
Views: 108198

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

David Kirtley replied to the Helion Energy tweet, adding:
These are going to be some big FRCs! As particle confinement time scales as r^2.9, this going to let us go to even higher temperatures and longer burn times.
by Carl White
Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:57 pm
Forum: News
Topic: EM Drive
Replies: 786
Views: 605788

Re: EM Drive

IVO Limited has announced that they rebooked for October on SpaceX transporter 9. No indication whether this was a last minute decision or not. EDIT: Think about this a little, it's possible that some new test failed, or they realized they needed to revisit their results in the light of some new tho...
by Carl White
Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:47 am
Forum: News
Topic: MIT claim they will build the SPARC
Replies: 55
Views: 47744

Re: MIT claim they will build the SPARC

Assembling the bridge cranes. The people and vehicles there give a sense of scale:

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by Carl White
Tue Jun 06, 2023 5:23 am
Forum: News
Topic: EM Drive
Replies: 786
Views: 605788

Re: EM Drive

For those interested: Join us in June as we make history for the betterment of human kind. This is for those of us crazy enough to risk it all in the name of scientific progression. https://twitter.com/ivo_ltd/status/1648903692160999424 There's a four-minute Youtube video embedded: https://www.youtu...
by Carl White
Fri Jun 02, 2023 12:29 am
Forum: News
Topic: New Funding
Replies: 2
Views: 846

Re: New Funding

The awardees are: Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Focused Energy Inc, Princeton Stellarators Inc, Realta Fusion Inc, Tokamak Energy Inc, Type One Energy Group, Xcimer Energy Inc, and Zap Energy Inc
ZAP is in there, good to see. I wonder what the selection process was.
by Carl White
Mon May 22, 2023 12:55 am
Forum: News
Topic: MIT claim they will build the SPARC
Replies: 55
Views: 47744

Re: MIT claim they will build the SPARC

A look into the site where SPARC will soon sit, as the construction crew makes progress every day inside our Tokamak Hall.
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by Carl White
Sat May 13, 2023 6:10 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Replies: 669
Views: 108198

Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024

A little depressing how negative the general reaction to the Helion/Microsoft power delivery agreement has been. A lot of "Helion is a scam", "Helion can't possibly deliver", "Helion hasn't published enough to be credible", etc.