Laser Inertial Fusion Engine (LIFE)The NIF plans to focus a 192 of the strongest laser beams ever created onto a single hydrogen target about the size of a BB and ignite a sustainable fusion reaction. Pretty cool. Or hot, I suppose. Unless it ignites the planet's atmosphere or something else all sci-fi and scary. The LHC didn't create a world-eating black hole when it was fired up. Maybe this will just make popcorn one kernel at a time.
LIFE is an advanced energy concept under development at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Based on physics and technology developed for the National Ignition Facility, LIFE has the potential to meet future worldwide energy needs in a safe, sustainable manner without carbon dioxide emissions.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
when you wish upon a star
from Alert Reader and Man of Science Barney May: Check out National Ignition Facility and Photon Science "Bringing Star Power to Earth." Watch the video on their home page (it auto plays)
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