{"id":7909,"date":"2014-05-24T12:13:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T16:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7909"},"modified":"2014-06-14T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T19:07:38","slug":"sci-tech-lpp-focus-fusion-project-crowd-funds-final-phase-of-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7909","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: LPP focus fusion project crowd-funds final phase of research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve occasionally blogged about the <a href=\"http:\/\/lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com\/fusion-power\/dpf-device\/\" target=\"_blank\">focus fusion<\/a> project at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Lawrenceville Plasma Physics<\/a>. With very modest funding they have made solid progress with experiments that seek to demonstrate\u00a0that their approach can produce <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aneutronic_fusion\" target=\"_blank\">aneutronic<\/a> fusion power in a relatively small system.<\/p>\n<p>To support the completion of the project, they have opened a crowd-funding campaign :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/focus-fusion-empowertheworld--3#home\" target=\"_d\">FOCUS FUSION: emPOWERtheWORLD &#8211;\u00a0Indiegogo<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We need to raise $200,000 to fund the purchase of new electrodes for the final phase of research, to prove that Focus Fusion works. \u00a0And with your help, we can make this incredible breakthrough a reality!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the video for the campaign:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Focus Fusion IndieGoGo Video!\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/94122070?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve occasionally blogged about the focus fusion project at\u00a0Lawrenceville Plasma Physics. With very modest funding they have made solid progress with experiments that seek to demonstrate\u00a0that their approach can produce aneutronic fusion power in a relatively small system. To support the completion of the project, they have opened a crowd-funding campaign :\u00a0FOCUS FUSION: emPOWERtheWORLD &#8211;\u00a0Indiegogo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7909\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: LPP focus fusion project crowd-funds final phase of research<\/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-7909","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-23z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8109,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8109","url_meta":{"origin":7909,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: More on Polywell fusion + Focus Fusion crowd-funding update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Alan Boyle gives some additional details about the Navy funded Polywell fusion power project (see post here) that recently published a paper on progress they have made :\u00a0Low-Cost Fusion Project Steps Out of the Shadows and Looks for Money - NBC News.com. 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(Similar to the way NASA's\u00a0SLS\/Orion boondoggles eat up funding\u2026","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":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8763,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8763","url_meta":{"origin":7909,"position":3},"title":"Sci-Tech: LPP Fusion update","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest update from\u00a0Lawrenceville Plasma Physics\u00a0(LPPFusion)\u00a0, which is developing an aneutronic focus fusion power system, is\u00a0now available on line: \u00a0LPP Fusion Report September 8th 2014\u00a0- LPP Focus Fusion Report September 8, 2014 Summary: * Fusion Policy: Nature calls for funding aneutronic fusion; ARPA-E puts $30 million for fusion alternatives; Science\u2026","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":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8378,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8378","url_meta":{"origin":7909,"position":4},"title":"Sci-Tech: Focus fusion update from Lawrenceville Plasma Physics","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"An update on the\u00a0LPP Fusion\u00a0efforts in focus fusion development:\u00a0LPP Fusion Report July 18th 2014. 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