Coders:
drmike at talk.polywell
Indrek also at talk.polywell
There are several others working on the polywell design. All you need is time. The ability to code and a 2 GHz desktop or when the effort gets more advanced one of the "hobby" distributed computing efforts similar to the SETI network.
As to amateur efforts. POPS would be simple to add and within the budget of most experimental neutron producing fusors.
I'm interested in taking it to the next level up: budgets small colleges and universities can afford. i.e. in the realm of water pool fission reactors.
As to $10K to $100K - this is in the realm of auto collectors etc. Or a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Barely out of the range of current fusion hobbiests. I see no reason not to advance the hobby to the next level. Think big. It may not be what you want to do. That is fine. It is what I want to do.
I see the evolution of this similar to what I saw in the early days of the computer hobby. Change is coming. In fact it is inevitable. It was never as much fun as the early days when every one was ignorant and working like dogs (for the love of it) to get something to work.
An era is passing. |
2008-05-09 16:07 Starting A Fusion Program In Your Home Town (M. Simon) [Latest: 2008-05-13 15:18]
2008-05-10 04:43 Re: Starting A Fusion Program In Your Home Town (M. Simon)