{"id":13034,"date":"2016-08-13T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13034"},"modified":"2016-08-13T12:56:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T16:56:53","slug":"sci-tech-interview-with-nathan-gilliland-ceo-of-general-fusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13034","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Interview with Nathan Gilliland, CEO of General Fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an interview with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalfusion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">General Fusion<\/a> CEO Nathan Gilliland about nuclear fusion power and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalfusion.com\/?gallery=0&amp;slide=0\" target=\"_blank\">General Fusion&#8217;s unique approach<\/a> to\u00a0\u00a0creating it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Promise of Fusion with Nathan Gilliland\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/176400758?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I thought it was particularly interesting that GF often interacts with other commercial fusion projects such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trialphaenergy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tri-Alpha Energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/michel_laberge_how_synchronized_hammer_strikes_could_generate_nuclear_fusion?language=en\" target=\"_blank\">TED talk<\/a>\u00a0in 2014 by GF&#8217;s founder Dr. Michel Laberge has certainly been quite popular:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalfusion.com\/blog\/category\/press-releases\/physicists-fusion-energy-ted-talk-attracts-one-million-viewers\/\" target=\"_d\">Physicist\u2019s Fusion Energy TED Talk Attracts One Million Viewers &#8211;\u00a0General Fusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BEbjajxS6pI\/\" target=\"_blank\">Performing checks on the pistons that make up the compression system prototype, referred to as the &#8220;mini sphere&#8221; by the General Fusion crew. #fusioniscoming #fusionenergy #cleantech #innovation #Vancouver #engineering<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by General Fusion (@generalfusion) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-04-20T17:30:47+00:00\">Apr 20, 2016 at 10:30am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here\u00a0are\u00a0a couple of GF promotional videos giving an overview of how their concept would work:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zf8QIJ2VgqU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n8qgAgyqdBM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=videogames&amp;banner=01P8JKMA2YDAAKYSSSR2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=884aaf5823d775bbba0b1eaff4d628ae&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an interview with\u00a0General Fusion CEO Nathan Gilliland about nuclear fusion power and General Fusion&#8217;s unique approach to\u00a0\u00a0creating it: I thought it was particularly interesting that GF often interacts with other commercial fusion projects such as Tri-Alpha Energy. The TED talk\u00a0in 2014 by GF&#8217;s founder Dr. Michel Laberge has certainly been quite popular:\u00a0Physicist\u2019s Fusion &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13034\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Interview with Nathan Gilliland, CEO of General Fusion<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-3oe","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7485,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7485","url_meta":{"origin":13034,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech video: Michel Laberge explains General Fusion","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Michel Laberge, the founder of the\u00a0Canadian\u00a0General Fusion\u00a0project\u00a0(see earlier post), describes in a TED talk their route to nuclear fusion power :\u00a0Michel Laberge: How synchronized hammer strikes could generate nuclear fusion - YouTube\u00a0(via\u00a0Next Big Future) http:\/\/youtu.be\/2m9kC1yRnLQ","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/2m9kC1yRnLQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7316,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7316","url_meta":{"origin":13034,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Update on General Fusion","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The Canadian\u00a0General Fusion\u00a0project, whose investors include Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com fame, \u00a0is aiming to start building a working prototype of their innovative fusion power system this year: How a Canadian fusion reactor could revolutionize the energy sector - canadianbusiness.com\u00a0- \"For years no one took them seriously. 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And here is info on a couple of alternative fusion approaches. 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