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Now imagine, using this, to print circuits on the outside of a plasma, and driving current through it, allowning the plasma to form its own temporary coils, con
by qikInNdOutReply 4y ago
Now imagine, using this, to print circuits on the outside of a plasma, and driving current through it, allowning the plasma to form its own temporary coils, containing it. Basically on demand magnetic fields, in a fusion containment device, to push back deformed plasma containers.. whack the mol
- Filligree 4y agoWe can barely predict plasma even in the simplest cases. But one day, yes. Sounds like an interesting idea for an SF novel right now. (I might use it. :)
- qikInNdOutReply 4y ago"You may have the handkerchief i carry" (PS: I will pirate your novel with this comment in mind :)
- edgyquant 4y agoI don’t care how well we can explain it, that’s magic
- jcims 4y agoIsn't that Helion in a nutshell?
- gpm 4y agoNo? Helion doesn't use lasers, just old school electromagnets. They do use the currents in the plasma to help confine it, but by having plasma be in a really simple shape that lends itself to that (a torus) not by "printing circuits" on it. They then take two of these and accelerate them towards eachother while making the toruses smaller (and denser) by activating electromagnets with very precise timing.
- Filligree 4y agoStill, it's the closest we're going to see... for now. It's definitely an interesting branch of research.