Wednesday, December 9, 2015

This could be exciting!

This could be exciting!

Originally shared by Daniel Suarez

Stellarator fusion reactor ready for tests.

In the next day or so, German researchers will for the first time switch on the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator fusion reactor -- the largest ever built. Housed in the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics in Greifswald, the €1 billion machine looks like a prop escaped from the film 'Event Horizon.' However, its unusual shape serves a specific purpose, as seen in the video below.

More info available here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/350/6259/369.full
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=72&v=u-fbBRAxJNk

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In 1976 (yes, 1976), I heard my professor, one Don Norman, say pretty much the same thing.

In 1976 (yes, 1976), I heard my professor, one Don Norman, say pretty much the same thing. https://www.fastcompany.com/90202172/why-bad-tech...