Polywell Down Under

Among the many wonderful links from the 2009 IEC conference, we learn the boys at the University of Sydney have made their own small Polywell device:

Cute little guy. Congrats to proud parents Matthew Carr and Dr. Joe Khachan, who got the wee tyke up to 1T magnet strength and 250KV drive depth.
Also of interest: Dr. Joel G Rogers has done some critically important 2d particle-in-cell simulations of the plasma in a Polywell. It’s vital we have a good understanding of how to optimize reactor operations without having to physically build the machine over and over.
Dr. Richard Nebel, who is of course working on the most advanced Polywell fusion machine (dubbed WB-8 and previously mentioned here) under a U.S. Navy contract with results (and full-scale reactor design) due in April, gave the summary for the conference.
Eternal thanks to ladajo at TalkPolywell.