Controlling Plasma To Revolutionize Energy Generation And Storage - Technology News - redOrbit

Posted by $ erudeen 10 years, 10 months ago to Science
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Pretty cool stuff. Plasma without electromagnets and vacuum tubes.

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  • Posted by $ erudeen 10 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The Navy is already investing in it. Alternative power source for it's fleet or new weapons platform. Possibly a combination of both.
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  • Posted by Rocky_Road 10 years, 10 months ago
    I see a weapon of the future.

    Didn't Star Trek's Enterprise use bursts of plasma energy to ward off the 'bad' guys?

    They will get the funding...and we will get the tax bill.
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  • Posted by khalling 10 years, 10 months ago
    most obvious thing coming to mind is relevance to fusion. but the benefits laid out were murky at best. this was an ad. more please. :)
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  • Posted by UndisclosedLocation51 10 years, 10 months ago
    Fascinating! It would be pretty amazing if the problem of external magnetic containment were to be solved in a scalable way. If This is verified in multiple studies, I'd rather invest in this via the private sector than see 'political' govt investments in hot-air operations like Solyndra (sp?)!
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