Started by Kate Lindqvist (@concrete_kate) ·
people build working fusion reactors in their garages
A fusor is basically a spherical grid inside a vacuum chamber with a bit of deuterium and tens of kilovolts. It genuinely fuses atoms and you can detect the neutrons. It also uses vastly more power than it makes, which is fine because the point is doing it. Among hobbyists, detecting neutrons is the bar for having actually done it.
6 sources · 33 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “can you build a fusion reactor at home”
- Ended at
- “fusor neutron hobbyist”
The Trail
- “can you build a fusion reactor at home” (google.com)
- Fusor (en.wikipedia.org)
- Philo Farnsworth (en.wikipedia.org)
yes, the television guy
- Inertial electrostatic confinement (en.wikipedia.org)
- Neutron detection (en.wikipedia.org)
- “fusor neutron hobbyist” (reddit.com)
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