Comments on: The Boy Who Played With Fusion https://www.isegoria.net/2013/01/the-boy-who-played-with-fusion/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2013/01/the-boy-who-played-with-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-737603 Isegoria Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:51:27 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=30863#comment-737603 Taylor Wilson has his own website, a Wikipedia page, and a TED Talk.

]]> By: Ben https://www.isegoria.net/2013/01/the-boy-who-played-with-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-737235 Ben Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:25:38 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=30863#comment-737235 A large number of tabletop fusion reactors have been built.

Many such devices produce lots of neutrons. This is, in fact, their current practical appeal.

It’s been going on for about half a century, ever since the guy who invented TV did it.

Of course any implication that this is producing net power (an implication not made in the article or the blog post) is a different (fictional) story.

My money’s on electrostatic inertial confinement, not magnetic. Maybe Bussard’s design (Polywell).

What I really want to see at the HS science fair is the sonoluminescence experiment.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2013/01/the-boy-who-played-with-fusion/comment-page-1/#comment-737110 Bob Sykes Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:56:29 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=30863#comment-737110 You do realize this is fiction, don’t you?

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