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What can an average joe like me do to help make this happen? Free blowjobs? I'll do anything. (But seriously, what could the average brainlet do, if anything?)

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a24172/fusion-reactor-working/
>The Wendelstein 7-X reactor, which uses a complex design called a stellerator, is performing just like it was predicted to.

http://interestingengineering.com/germanys-new-machine-brings-us-leaps-closer-nuclear-fusion/http://interestingengineering.com/germanys-new-machine-brings-us-leaps-closer-nuclear-fusion/
>Germany’s New Machine Brings Us Leaps Closer to Nuclear Fusion

http://www.ibtimes.com/nuclear-fusion-germanys-wendelstein-7-x-stellarator-operating-expected-2456267

>Currently, the approach toward testing the viability of nuclear fusion involves using either a tokamak or a stellarator. A tokamak — one of which is currently being tested by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center — is a doughnut-shaped device that can contain high-energy plasma using two-dimensional magnetic fields created by a ring of magnets. On the other hand, the stellarator — whose design is still largely untested — performs the same function using twisted, 3D magnetic fields.

>The world’s largest stellarator is currently being operated by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Germany, and researchers have now revealed that the extraordinarily complex device is functioning as expected.

http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13493
>Confirmation of the topology of the Wendelstein 7-X magnetic field to better than 1:100,000

>> No.8523272

>>8523232
holy shit I thought OPs pic was just some art work.

>> No.8523278

>>8523272
it is

>> No.8523294

>>8523272
Yeah, the first time I saw this a while ago I thought it was either fake or some sort of meme.
>lol I know plasma physics is insanely complicated but this is ridiculous

>> No.8524233

>>8523294
>>lol I know plasma physics is insanely complicated but this is ridiculous

They are talking about measurements in field line geometry, and testing the precision of the magnetic topology, it's margin of error and so forth.

Looks like (from OPs articles) that the magnetic field shape is well within tolerances, and the only errors in it's geometry are caused by some VERY small tolerance issues in the physical placement of the superconductive winding's.

For the sake of refrance, there are basically three different fusion reactor styles being tested currently:

ITER's Tokamok style tourus, Max plank's Stelorator (OP's pic), and the National ignition facility laser inertial confinement design.

So, we should probably be getting some really good data from this reactor design that will help us in better understanding fusion temperature plasma interactions, for the eventual purpose of constructing a fully functional fusion power generator.

>> No.8524374

>>8523232
<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KkpqA8yG9T4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Will just leave this here.

>> No.8524382

>>8524374
>>posting an entire tag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpqA8yG9T4

>> No.8524390

>>8523232
Kraut Space magic is real

>> No.8524413

>>8523232
>Wendel(((stein)))

Every. Single. Time.

>> No.8524448

>>8524413
Don't worry goyim, you can trust (((us))) with free energy.

>> No.8524468

>>8523272
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyqt6u5_sHA&list=LLcZ00IuXl8tAtWs1U96Uqcg&index=44

>> No.8524487

>>8523232
Okay, why should I care?

>> No.8524506

>>8523232
>>8524233
>fusion reactor
It's not a reactor.

>> No.8524570

>>8524506
It is a vessel in which fusion reactions take place, just like a chemical reactor. It's not a power reactor, sure, but a reactor is just "a thing you use to make stuff react."

>> No.8524604

>>8524382
that's a great video

>> No.8524684

>>8524382
>that 4 minute brown nosing introduction of the professor in the beginning

Was it his birthday or something?

>> No.8524744

>>8524468

mindblowing

>> No.8524767

>>8524684
Maybe in Germany, people don't treat their collaborators like Machiavellian pricks.

>> No.8524771
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8524771

>>8523232
Go to school, get a degree in plasma physics, learn German, profit(?)
Or just fund fusion research if you're a millionaire.

>> No.8524776

>>8524487
I dont know why did you click on this post?

>> No.8524834

>>8524374
This video is great. Thanks anon

>> No.8524862

>>8524468
Is it OK to fap to this?

>> No.8525223

>>8524506
It's a reactor. Read the articles at least.

>> No.8525239

>>8524468
Why wasn't I born a plasma physicist? It hurts to live.

>> No.8525243

>>8525239
You can still become one, this technology will be ready in ~50 years

>> No.8525256

>>8524771
Someone else told me I would have to go to school for another 28 years to be able to do that. I would gladly do it, but I don't have enough years left in my life, as I am forced to be a slave for the remainder of my time on this planet.

>> No.8525738

>>8524506
>It's not a reactor.

It is.

>> No.8526568

>>8524382
>>8524684

Prof Whyte starts talking at about 4:25. The intro does go on rather long.

>> No.8526606

>>8523232
Aren't all these devices useless since they'll just get destroyed by neutrons after a very short period of operation?

>> No.8526656

>>8526606
Nothing actually touches the device itself because of the magnetic fields.

>> No.8526677

>>8526656
The neutrons aren't deflected by the magnetic field.
However, there's almost definitely shielding and/or hardening from the secondary radiation. This isn't a new problem.

>> No.8526690

>>8526656
>Nothing actually touches the device itself because of the magnetic fields.
>magnetic fields
Wow it's like you don't know what fucking neutrons are. Where the fuck am I again? Did I stumble into I Fucking Love Science's facebook page?

>> No.8526709

>>8526690
Hey Rutherford, you do know that neutrons have a magnetic moment, right?

>> No.8526714

>>8526677
>>8526690
Somehow, I think these people expect these machines to be functional in the long-term as well as economically viable, or else they wouldn't be developing them.

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8527025

>>8523232
>using two-dimensional magnetic fields created by a ring of magnets. On the other hand, the stellarator — whose design is still largely untested — performs the same function using twisted, 3D magnetic fields.
Are magnetic fields usually 2D?

>> No.8527067

This reactor reached 1 million degrees Celsius?
That's about 1/15th of the temperature at the core of the Sun.

How doesn't it melt everything around?
What material can resist such temperatures?

>> No.8527075

>>8527067
Diamond, the hardest metal known to mankind.

>> No.8527120

>>8527075
diamond isn't a metal it's a carbon

>> No.8527126

>>8527120
Stop.

>> No.8527134

>>8527126
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond

it's a carbon

>> No.8527136

>>8527067
0/10

>> No.8527152

The plasma Field strangely resembles Viktor Schauberger's early work with fluid dynamics.

>> No.8527183

>>8527134
>>>/reddit/

>> No.8527417

>>8527067
>>8527120
>>8527134
So now were just shitposting?

Please try not to fuck up one of the few actual science threads here.

>> No.8527426

>>8523232
>what could the average brainlet do,

Become a shitty popstar and donate your billions to research

>> No.8527690

>>8527426
Do you think research places need secretaries?