[dba-Tech] One step closer to fusion

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Wed Sep 19 23:42:51 CDT 2012


Coincidentally, my son and I got a tour of the General Atomics Tokomak
facility in La Jolla today from our neighbor.  It was awesome -
http://www.ga.com/energy/d3d.php.  We got up close and personal with the
Diii-D tokomak.  But we also got a detailed look at why we aren't there yet
- some of the problems of containment, etc.

Our neighbor two doors down is a physicist and has been working there a long
time.  My son needs an internship next spring as a requirement for high
school.  Looks like he's going to land one there if they can work it out.
He's deep into physics, programming, robotics, engineering - a true
self-described geek.  Has a heck of a resume already.   

I'm jealous.

Rocky


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:13 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] One step closer to fusion

Sandia Labs has announced significant progress in the pursuit of exceeding
the break-even point (the point at which output = input). For more on this
see  https://share.sandia.gov/news/resources/news_releases/nuclear_fusion/ .

--
Arthur
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Prediction is difficult, especially of the future.
  -- Niels Bohr
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