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@raypeters: another idea: had you thought already of constructing your previous most excellent (printed?) geoid designs out of transparent plastic, then fill each cell with a simple noble gas mix (depending upon the 'shell') and fit each cell with a simple anode/cathode/electrical feed through. No,...

Something simpler to build for Proof of Concept, inscribed on a tetrahedron:

Submitted for ladajo's consideration: http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x367/Robert_Peters/Single_Coil_Cubic_Trmtrc.jpg and with zip-ties to hold the corners together: http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x367/Robert_Peters/Single_Coil_Cubic_Ties_Trmtrc.jpg I expect if enough current is running it ...

"Re: QA - Your Shapeways Order No. 60881 - Useless Statistics Jan, When my model left your facility, it had 196 polishing stones inside. About five fell out on the way here and I removed the other 191 stones. Eight are the cylindrical stones with the remainder of triangular cross-section. I finally ...

A single-coil approach might be helpful:



I assume you're not using that hard-to-bend SC cable.

Edmund Scientific has a mini battery-powered plasma ball for $13: http://www.scientificsonline.com/mini-plasma-ball.html I could imagine how the plasma would be induced to remain looking like a Wiffleball. One could cheat and touch the glass with suitably conductive rods or maybe magnetic fields wou...

rcain wrote:...has anyone considered 'pimping' a cheaply available 'plasma ball...

Yes, you have. Seriously, it is a great idea.

Some purist is going to complain the plasma isn't the same temperature as a working Polywell!

The white Wiffleball arrived today, packed full of tiny polishing stones (some had gotten out of the ball during shipping). The Wiffleball is undamaged (AFAIK), so they probably reprinted it anyway.

Perhaps they care about their reputation for quality work. Imagine.

From whom have heard about that before?

There are plenty of dedicated lawn chair area 51 watchers that would do it for free, no? I'd worry about their conspicuity. A private detective, well, a good one, would be more discreet.:) I think all we want to know is Dr. Park still going to work at a certain address in San Diego. A good, lazy de...

The immediately above are too heavy, so added lightness, but I couldn't simplicate...

I call these multi-layered:

Even if the WB-8 tests have been more successful than we hope, the USN will take a lot of time figuring out what to do. ladajo points out the difficulty of taking the program black, let alone the deciding how to proceed with the program as a more regular development. Does anyone know what Dr. Park i...

Thanks. Fastprotos.com looks good, if a little behind Shapeways because fastprotos.com uses a manual quote process and many fewer material options. It is nice to see a spec sheet for their plastic's material properties, though.

I'd really like to build some of these: Implied spherical core: http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x367/Robert_Peters/Nested_Bottom.jpg http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x367/Robert_Peters/Nested_Bottom_1_Middle.jpg http://i1178.photobucket.com/albums/x367/Robert_Peters/Nested_Bottom_2_Middle.jpg...