Bezos invested in this?!
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 10:29 pm
Acoustically driven fusion?
http://www.generalfusion.com/index.html
The Magnetized Target Fusion resembles the tokomak confinement principle. Dont really see how it differs-except they are injecting a toroidal plasma and then squeezing it some more with mechanical leverage. Mechanical leverage of pistons! Sounds really steampunk.
It's the shock wave of the pistons slamming into lead that concentrates the plasma-that's the theory anyway. However, I dont see how a focussed shock wave can compress the plasma? We use a similar principle to break kidney stones called lithotripsy. As the focussed shock wave passes through the human body it reaches the stone surface and the energy is deposited at the stone surface where there is a large impedance change. A shock aimed at a plasma bubble should only disperse it-no?
I cant believe there are venture capitalists out there with so much money to throw at this stuff?! Maybe Bezos needs to hear about the polywell?
http://www.generalfusion.com/index.html
The Magnetized Target Fusion resembles the tokomak confinement principle. Dont really see how it differs-except they are injecting a toroidal plasma and then squeezing it some more with mechanical leverage. Mechanical leverage of pistons! Sounds really steampunk.
It's the shock wave of the pistons slamming into lead that concentrates the plasma-that's the theory anyway. However, I dont see how a focussed shock wave can compress the plasma? We use a similar principle to break kidney stones called lithotripsy. As the focussed shock wave passes through the human body it reaches the stone surface and the energy is deposited at the stone surface where there is a large impedance change. A shock aimed at a plasma bubble should only disperse it-no?
I cant believe there are venture capitalists out there with so much money to throw at this stuff?! Maybe Bezos needs to hear about the polywell?
