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by bennmann
Thu Jun 25, 2015 4:57 am
Forum: News
Topic: Art Technica - Magnetic Mirror Holds Promise for Fusion
Replies: 4
Views: 8890

Re: Art Technica - Magnetic Mirror Holds Promise for Fusion

Dan has a great history of exposition here, nothing personally directed at the choice of article or the author that I can see. I enjoy lurking here and reading Dan's awesome exposition. It is also a good point, Celtic, about him possibly cross-posting here and there though. But I still like to see h...
by bennmann
Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:04 am
Forum: News
Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
Replies: 186
Views: 172148

Re: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR

Actually also if my theory of the oscillating field winding is correct about being a gridless accelerator, I can explain the reason for the third coil as well in the center of the two opposing Helmholtz coils. Its just kind of falls out so I'm getting a bit pumped if only the FEM software can prove...
by bennmann
Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:52 am
Forum: News
Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
Replies: 186
Views: 172148

Re: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR

It makes the most sense in the world to advertise D D reaction and then after the NDA is signed reveal pB11 to a potential funding source. Can't let the free market have the best until your money is already 5-10 years ahead of it. All these fusion concepts have an incentive to hide pB11 with DD prop...
by bennmann
Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:57 am
Forum: Theory
Topic: Gyroelongated square bipyramid
Replies: 2
Views: 4421

Gyroelongated square bipyramid

I'm bad at searching the theory forum for this sort of thing, and this is a long shot based on a conversation I had with Wolfram Alpha (it's that kind of night).... Does anyone have a decent simulation they can try this shape in "Gyroelongated square bipyramid" or have any idea how Johnson Solids mi...
by bennmann
Sat Jun 14, 2014 5:34 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Recovery.Gov Project Tracker
Replies: 1822
Views: 1341074

Re: Recovery.Gov Project Tracker

for anyone monitoring this thread or just for some closure, discussion has moved to:

http://talk-polywell.org/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5425

recovery.gov funding at least confirmed wiffleball.
by bennmann
Fri Jun 06, 2014 3:43 am
Forum: News
Topic: EMC2 has published a polywell preprint on arXiv
Replies: 145
Views: 160317

Re: EMC2 has published a polywell preprint on arXiv

I am cursing in happiness. Christmas? In June? I invite everyone to partake in a a little of your favorite drink across the globe. This is the paper I've been waiting for since I started watching this thing years and years ago. http://imgur.com/70YqNzp Dr Park, Dr Nebel, thank you. Now all we need i...
by bennmann
Sun May 18, 2014 1:15 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Article in Nature on carbon nanotube batteries
Replies: 1
Views: 2548

Article in Nature on carbon nanotube batteries

http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nnano.2014.93.html Abstract: Micro-supercapacitors are promising energy storage devices that can complement or even replace batteries in miniaturized portable electronics and microelectromechanical systems. Their main limitation, however, is th...
by bennmann
Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:17 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Room-temperature superconductivity?
Replies: 1893
Views: 664742

Re: Room-temperature superconductivity?

Yeah I pushed "no" on the comment feedback. No math or sound reasoning to contradict Johan.
by bennmann
Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:02 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Lockheed Martin Skunkworks - Compact Fusion
Replies: 85
Views: 53666

Re: Lockheed Martin Skunkworks - Compact Fusion

5 years. Looks like a polywell coil to me too.

EMC2 still holds a special place in my heart, but I can't say skunk works doesn't make me want to cheat.
by bennmann
Sat Feb 02, 2013 7:23 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Joe Eck hits Tc = 95F = 35C
Replies: 10
Views: 4508

I'm stealing that delta, I don't care if I have to wait 20 years to use it again in a similar situation.

And now with my drone army waiting for the right moment to strike, your drones will have a hard time stopping me.
by bennmann
Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:56 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Can Anyone Confirm: Iran has invested 8 million???
Replies: 11
Views: 6246

Here ya go mattman, 7 pages of glorious international peaceful discussion including a published Iranian.

viewtopic.php?t=3356&highlight=iran

I wish they posted more here, honestly.
by bennmann
Fri Feb 01, 2013 4:54 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Joe Eck hits Tc = 95F = 35C
Replies: 10
Views: 4508

So..... This means a smaller polywell?
by bennmann
Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:33 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Temperate exo-earths cluster around 2 earth-radii
Replies: 8
Views: 4558

kcdodd wrote:If it's all water, what surface are you talking about. Water is pretty good at shielding radiation.
Cthulhu......
by bennmann
Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:02 am
Forum: News
Topic: Temperate exo-earths cluster around 2 earth-radii
Replies: 8
Views: 4558

Random slightly relevant fact: If a planet were just a few percentage points more water than iron than earth, 1g surface gravity is plausible for significantly bigger radii than earth and you can keep that radiation shielding life needs. If you have a planet that is mostly water to the core, radiati...