{"id":7316,"date":"2014-04-12T02:38:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-12T02:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7316"},"modified":"2014-04-12T02:38:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-12T02:38:27","slug":"sci-tech-update-on-general-fusion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7316","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Update on General Fusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.generalfusion.com\/\" target=\"_d\">General Fusion<\/a>\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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/technology-news\/crazy-genius\/\" target=\"_d\">How a Canadian fusion reactor could revolutionize the energy sector &#8211; canadianbusiness.com<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;<em>For years no one took them seriously. Now it looks like their idea is just crazy enough to work<\/em>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianbusiness.com\/technology-news\/general-fusion-new-ceo-nathan-gilliland\/\" target=\"_d\">General Fusion\u2019s new CEO is ready for a fusion breakthrough &#8211; canadianbusiness.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On their website it says,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>In the next phase of development, General Fusion will be constructing a full scale prototype system. \u00a0The prototype will be designed for single pulse testing, demonstrating full net energy gain on each pulse,\u00a0<strong>a world first<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video showing a schematic of their design:<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8211; canadianbusiness.com\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;For years no one took them seriously. Now it looks like their idea is just crazy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7316\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Update on 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-7316","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-1U0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5159,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5159","url_meta":{"origin":7316,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Nuclear fusion projects including General Fusion, Helion Energy and MSNW","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an overview of several fusion power projects:\u00a0The Nuclear Fusion Arms Race Is Underway - \u00a0Motherboard. 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