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One of my side ventures. Polywell Fusion at HotGas.

The Nation had this to say about Polywell Fusion: A major breakthrough in fusion technology was last week confirmed by a Freedom of Information Act request made by the emerging technologies website nextbigfuture.com. Previously confidential US Navy technical review reports of the progress of the US-based company EMC2 in 2012 and 2013, now publicly available,…

J. Park talks about what he has accomplished at EMC2 and what he hopes to do in the future. You can also watch it at Microsoft where you can see the slides shown during the talk. You can also see a discussion by guys who are into it at Talk Polywell. Update: 30 Jan 2015…

Low-Cost Fusion Project Steps Out of the Shadows and Looks for Money Nicholas Krall, a plasma physicist who has been working in the fusion field for more than a half-century and has been an adviser to EMC2 Fusion, was more enthusiastic. “I think this is the most exciting experimental advance that I’ve been involved in,”…

A paper reporting results. And a discussion of the paper at Talk-Polywell. Also: Focus Fusion just got a major write up at the Daily Mail – UK. They are raising funds for further research at Indiegogo.

There are more comments from the Iranians earlier in the thread. Here is one I found interesting. It seems that Construction of WB7 or WB8 model isn’t difficult. It will be possible for us. Here is a real gem. What I can’t figure out is why the Israelis aren’t on it. The thread started because…

Another short term contract [pdf] for wiffle ball fusion is out for bid by the US Navy. Here is the interesting part. 3.1.1 Contractor shall review the results from Contracts N00014-93-C-0224, N00014-96-C-0039, contract N68936-03-C-0031, and any other publically available current documentation regarding the technical research and development in the field of energy production using a…

Dr. Bussard thought that a full scale net energy Polywell Fusion program could be done for $200 million. What could be done to advance the knowledge base that wouldn’t require that kind of commitment? I have been giving some thought to what the next step in the Polywell Fusion experiments might be. Here is what…

It seems to me that funding for the Polywell Fusion Project being run by EMC2 Fusion has stalled. So I want to do something about that. When ever you post a comment on a blog use this tagline: Why hasn’t Polywell Fusion been funded? If the blog allows embeded urls you can post this: Why…

Click on the image for an explanation and more hot images. For a more in depth explanation see World’s Simplest Fusion Reactor Revisited. The image was created by Torulf Greek a biologist from Sweden.

The government is soliciting. The only kind of fusion project that fills the requirements is a Polywell Fusion reactor. Hot damn.

The researchers at Polywell Fusion have issued a report on their progress. Project Status More than 50% Completed Final Project Report Submitted No Project Activities Description Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services Quarterly Activities/Project Description As of 3Q/2011, the WB-8 device has generated over 500 high power plasma shots. EMC2 is conducting tests on Wiffle-Ball…

Well not Polywell directly. More like a fusor. A program started by Richard Hull at the instigation of Robert Bussard and Tom Ligon. Here is part of a message on the subject I got forwarded to me by e-mail. On April 28th 2011, the Microsoft Corporation held its annual Hardware Summit. This year’s theme was…

Alan Boyle has the latest on Polywell. A Navy-funded effort to harness nuclear fusion power reports that its unconventional plasma device is operating as designed and generating “positive results” more than halfway through the project. And that is not all: “It’s a very nice machine,” he said. “I like what we have so far. It’s…

Simon already covered this in his usual concise fashion, but I’d just like to add a few more verbose and wandering thoughts. The more I think about this sparse, even cryptic update, the better I feel about it.  the WB-8 device operates as designed and it is generating positive results Assuming “positive results” doesn’t just mean…

Finally there is some news about Polywell Fusion progress. From recovery.gov here is the essential news. Projects and Jobs Information Project Title Federal Contract Project Status More than 50% Completed Final Project Report Submitted No Project Activities Description Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services Quarterly Activities/Project Description As of 1Q/2011, the WB-8 device operates as…

A private company has just gotten a $50 million cash infusion for its fusion experiments. A private company in Foothill Ranch that is reportedly experimenting with nuclear fusion power has raised $50 million in funding, according to a report from Socaltech.com. Little more information was available Monday about the experiments at the company, Tri-Alpha Energy,…

My friend Famulus whose blog is Prometheus Fusion Perfection has just had his efforts (and in part mine too – I helped him with a Polywell research proposal) picked up by the BBC Mr Suppes, 32, is part of a growing community of “fusioneers” – amateur science junkies who are building homemade fusion reactors, for…

You can get the Physicist’s explanation at: Bussard’s IEC Fusion Technology (Polywell Fusion) Explained Found at Maggie’s Farm H/T Jccarlton at Talk Polywell Cross Posted at Power and Control

Alan Boyle’s Cosmic Log has a new article up on Polywell Fusion. You won’t hear Rick Nebel talking about fusion as a challenge requiring billions of dollars and decades of experimentation. For the past couple of years, Nebel heads up a handful of researchers following the less-traveled path to fusion at EMC2 Fusion Development Corp.…