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…in a publication like the Wall Street Journal isn’t such a good thing after all, since it seems to give some people in positions of authority who nevertheless have little idea what they’re talking about something to be afraid of, like this editor and publisher of theLink: Friday Thoughts | emporiagazette.com. I don’t know much […]

One of the lasting legacies of Nikola Tesla is his quest to deliver electrical power wirelessly.  Now Intel says they’ve achieved just that, although without giant tower on Long Island… Intel on Thursday showed off a wireless electric power system that analysts say could revolutionize modern life by freeing devices from transformers and wall outlets.

After months in the making, this morning’s Wall Street Journal offers a front page story featuring the "amateur fusion" community hosted here at fusor.net: Many of these hobbyists call themselves "fusioneers," and have formed a loosely knit community that numbers more than 100 world-wide. Getting into their elite "Neutron Club" requires building a tabletop reactor

Our own Richard Hull is featured in this video feature by Wall Street Journal reporter Sam Schechner:

Fusion is now cool with the Geek-o-scenti.  You can get a t-shirt: One day it’s gonna happen. One day the sun will turn the last of the hydrogen in its core into helium, and voila. No more fusion. No more sunshine. Now you have a funny shirt to wear should it happen (and if the

… a really bad idea.  Back-yard fission reactors: Hyperion’s “cartridge” reactor or “nuclear battery” is small, portable and self-contained, which could make it a good fit for remote, rural locations that are disconnected from the power grid. The company says the device can be delivered where it is needed and then sent back to the

…that the future will be a from-the-ground-up affair:  the Makers Faire, sponsored by the publishers of "Make" magazine:   As important as tinkering has been to the nation’s past, it could become a much bigger deal before long, said David Pescovitz, a research director at the Institute for the Future, a consultancy in Silicon Valley.

I’ve added a couple of new links over in the "Newbies" section in the column on the right.  I also had to "number" them to get them in the order I prefer.  New item #02.1 is a direct link to 2008 update of Tom Ligon’s seminal "The World’s Simplest Fusion Reactor."  The new version includes

…and for finding  another way to waste billions on a ridiculous fusion scheme. The headline for this article actually says these blokes are going to "recreate the sun:" A NUCLEAR fusion laboratory designed to recreate the temperatures and pressures inside the sun could be built in Oxfordshire under plans being drawn up by British scientists

Long time followers of the forums on  this website will recognize the name of Tom Ligon as one of the prime instigators of the whole, world-wide basement/garage (I hate the word "amateur") fusor project.  It all began, really, when Tom — who has worked with Dr. Robert Bussard — wrote an article about the fusor