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Commercial fusion race heats up
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:14 pm
by DeltaV
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:01 pm
by Giorgio
Quite a nice list, unfortunately there is little to no news from each one of these companies, so probably the use of the words "race heat up" is not really the best one.
It' more like a race yet to start that is getting crowded at the start line
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:08 pm
by DeltaV
Psst, Giorgio, I'm trying to use psychology to get the snowball rolling... crowd effect and all that.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:26 pm
by Giorgio
Ops, I hope I didn't ruin the plan.....
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 4:47 pm
by chrismb
So the 'Helion Energy' and the 'msnwllc' show the same kit. Is this just one 'entry' to the race, then, but with two tickets?
How many of these have actually built kit under their 'own steam' [read: that the experiments were done with private/commercial money, rather than photos of academic projects that have carried over into 'paper' companies without experimental assets]? Some don't even seem to be able to muster a photo!
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:24 pm
by rcain
Good list. Excellent to have in the FAQ section if it isnt already.
Is John Slough in there anywhere?
Have to agree with Chris though, with the notable exception of Eric Lerner @ FoFu (Lawerencville), the lack of any published NEWS from any of these ventures is pitful [edit: 'disgraceful'].
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:35 pm
by DeltaV
rcain wrote:Is John Slough in there anywhere?
http://www.msnwllc.com/index_personnel.html
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:48 pm
by rcain
..thanks, missed that.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:54 pm
by Ivy Matt
rcain wrote:Is John Slough in there anywhere?
I believe he's in there twice, in fact.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:39 pm
by DeltaV
chrismb wrote:So the 'Helion Energy' and the 'msnwllc' show the same kit. Is this just one 'entry' to the race, then, but with two tickets?
I didn't realize that Helion and MSNW are in the same town, so Slough must be associated with both. Don't see any names on the Helion site.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:41 pm
by chrismb
The bit of 'Flash Gordon' kit shown in the msnw pic is the same one as in Helion's publicity stuff. What's the connection? Is it one of the same, spin off, &c., other...?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:45 pm
by chrismb
DV, maybe you can edit my URL into your list. I guess it's overdue that I should start feeding in a few 'spoilers' on my work?
http://www.crossedfields.com/
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:46 pm
by DeltaV
Don't know.
HyperV has some nice pics in the pdfs:
http://www.hyperv.com/papers.html
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:50 pm
by DeltaV
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:58 pm
by DeltaV
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238974/posts
...Helion President Philip Wallace...
Chris, I listed you next to last place because your page doesn't contain the word "fusion".
Tri-Alpha is in last place for not having a web site.
So we have 10.5 contenders in the starting gates. Counting Helion/MSNW as 1.5 since they seem to be connected.