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by vernes
Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:47 am
Forum: News
Topic: laser fusion breakthrough
Replies: 3
Views: 7921

laser fusion breakthrough

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/12/b ... ffect.html

on mobile.
needed to share this.
looks interesting.
by vernes
Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:31 pm
Forum: News
Topic: H bonded to boron, interacting with pi electron system on benzene
Replies: 1
Views: 4455

H bonded to boron, interacting with pi electron system on benzene

I found this: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.6b01249
I was wondering if this had any application for the polywell project.

(found it via reddit)
by vernes
Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:07 pm
Forum: Design
Topic: Question: Anyone know if WB6 ran on one long wire?
Replies: 4
Views: 13166

Re: Question: Anyone know if WB6 ran on one long wire?

Wasn't there a really old prototype just for testing some concepts that was made from a single copper-tube?
by vernes
Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:07 am
Forum: News
Topic: EM Drive
Replies: 785
Views: 602091

Re: EM Drive

I noticed this article:
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/201 ... pace-drive

Couldn't find it here through a quick search so I thought I'd just post it.
by vernes
Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:12 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: (update) news about a new theory about particle interactions
Replies: 0
Views: 3653

(update) news about a new theory about particle interactions

Should be under news, but it's about a discovery of some new math involving particle interaction. So I'd thought it wise to drop it here. http://www.reddit.com/r/science/ Physicists have discovered a jewel-like geometric object that dramatically simplifies calculations of particle interactions and c...
by vernes
Mon Apr 15, 2013 12:53 pm
Forum: News
Topic: NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 day
Replies: 8
Views: 9211

Re: NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30

Did some searches first, didn't find it.
by vernes
Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:29 am
Forum: News
Topic: NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 day
Replies: 8
Views: 9211

NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 day

NASA-backed fusion engine could cut Mars trip down to 30 day (theregister) NASA, and plenty of private individuals , want to put mankind on Mars. Now a team at the University of Washington being funded by the space agency is about to start building a fusion engine that could get humans there in jus...
by vernes
Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: MIT recycle nuclear waste into energy until 2083 [Gizmodo]
Replies: 0
Views: 2571

MIT recycle nuclear waste into energy until 2083 [Gizmodo]

Constricted titles result in misleading meaning. Original title: The Future of Nuclear Power Runs on the Waste of Our Nuclear Past Intro: America alone produces about 2,000 metric tons of nuclear waste annually and our best solution for disposing of it: bury it deep in the Earth. However, a pair of ...
by vernes
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:32 pm
Forum: Networking
Topic: Polywell Films
Replies: 1
Views: 9200

Somebody just posted this on facebook, came to check if it had been posted here as well.
by vernes
Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:28 am
Forum: News
Topic: New Mechanism Post!!
Replies: 5
Views: 4992

No excuses, just post here and leave it at that.
by vernes
Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:38 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Sandia aiming for break-even
Replies: 16
Views: 10567

Came here to post this:
https://share.sandia.gov/news/resources ... ar_fusion/

Guess it's thesame.
by vernes
Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:48 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A.I.s, singularity, brain transfer... your thoughts?
Replies: 22
Views: 13817

I couldnt care less about some emulated computer version of my brain (not my personality). I (me) will be dead then and I wont know one way or the other. So why bother? *Jams electrodes into your brain to keep your simulated brain synchronized during your death* There, dying now is just a very unco...
by vernes
Mon Aug 27, 2012 12:36 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A.I.s, singularity, brain transfer... your thoughts?
Replies: 22
Views: 13817

...AI and uploading. These are theoretically possible. But I don't expect to see them in the next 50 years. As an finished product? Because I also don't expect to see Cryogenic Resuscitation in the next 50 years. Crygenic Freezing however... I regard uploading as a fantasy. The promulgators of uplo...
by vernes
Fri Aug 24, 2012 9:36 am
Forum: General
Topic: A.I.s, singularity, brain transfer... your thoughts?
Replies: 22
Views: 13817

Wrapping your mind around a synthetic copy The brain is in the end just a very complex network. A network that is partly founded on rules set by genetics, partly set by biology and finally experience. At this time, the acceptance of the possibility of mind-upload is blocked by the general public by...