Popular Science looks at Thiago Olson’s fusion reactor.
How did he do it? Olson pored over graduate-level physics textbooks, studied vacuum-pump manufacturers’ manuals, and scoured the Web for cheap parts. Though mostly self-taught, he occasionally solicited advice on a fusion Web site. Once, he posted photos of a cheap photomultiplier tube he’d bought online because he had no idea how to rig it up. Another fusioneer on the site who had the same model promptly told him which wires went where. Amateur nuclear engineers are, it seems, a helpful bunch.
Yes we are.
Cross Posted at The Astute Bloggers
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Thanks for bring this to my attention. Doesn’t make one feel to secure about “nuclear proliferation”. But that’s really only a stop-gap…how long can we possibly expect that to continue? My commentary was something like: wonder how long it takes before the kid has job offeres.