Got some great feedback from the community about fixing our EMI problem. In summary:
I have an electronics chassis I’ve recycled to try as the next faraday cage:
Yesterday I was officially added to the list of independent researchers that have achieved nuclear fusion, based on the result of our last fusion run. This list is maintained by Richard Hull, the first amateur fusioneer. Counting groups as a single entry, I’m the 38th person to make this list:
3. "The Neutron Club"
These people have operated a neutron producing fusor or fusion system.
(normally d-d fusion):
Richard Hull - 10e5 neutron mark 3/99
Scott Little
Joe Zambelli - Half mega mark 12/01
Tom Ligon
Michael Li - winner $75k Intel scholarship (fusor)
Mike Amann
Jon Rosenstiel - Mega neutron mark 10e6 11/02
Gerardo Meiro - First non-US neutron Club member
Phillip Fostini
Carl Willis - advanced activation work
Larry Leins - pulsed fusor work
Craig Wallace - winner $1.5k Intel 2nd place (Fusor)
Frank Sanns
Brian McDermott
Fergus Noble & Henry Hallam - first UK neutron members
Adam Parker - winner of $10k Alabama scholarship in science
Mark Langdon
Thiago Olson
Wayne Rodgers
Eric Stroud
Wilfried Heil & Noemi Zudor - Smallest fusor ~3" diameter
Raymond Jimenez
Alex & Ben Haylett - first to use heavy water electrolysis
Steven Sesselmann - first Aussie fusion, New Star system design
Andrew Seltzman
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Utrecht University fusor group, poster is Benjamin Brenny
Group includes: Sander Mann, Dick Abma, Thijs Krijger, Remco Van den
Dungen, Nivard Kagie
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Bob Heil
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Peninsula College - student group
Ho Yee Hui, Derek Madison, Devon McMinn, Sarah Mangiameli
Chris Milroy, Aaron Stoll, Jeff Zirul
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Roman Radtke
Louis Franzel
Taylor Wilson - Youngest fusioneer - 14 years old.
Thomas Rapp
Tyler Christensen
Ben Bartlett
Doug Coulter & Bill Fain - first cylindrical fusor
Matthew Honickman
Jason Heidecker
Mark Suppes
To the highly involved readers:
Anything you can design and spec (I’m talking schematic and mouser part numbers)…
I can purchase and build.
So if you ever think: “man, famulus should build X right now”
Send me schematics and part numbers. Provided it’s pertinent to the research and within the budget… I will build it.
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Here is a my first schematic challenge:
I just purchased this trigatron for discharging the mega-capacitor:
Here is the schematic for it’s use.
Here is the challenge:
Design a modern version of the triggering circuit shown in this schematic. ie, without using a “break-modulator valve”.
I’m giving a presentation on my fusion research at nerd nite this Friday the 15th around 8pm.
Nerd Nite NYC
Galapagos Art Space DUMBO 16 Main Street in DUMBO Brooklyn (F train to York St. or A/C train to High St.)Friday January 15, 2009 at 7pm (Quizo) and 8:15pm (regular Nerd Nite)-Fusing the Atom and Living to Tell-Description: We have built an open source nuclear fusion reactor and fused the atom. This is the story of a remarkable fusion device called the Farnsworth Fusor and its successor, the Bussard Reactor (aka. Polywell). The Bussard Reactor holds the promise of clean cheap abundant energy from fusion. This is a story of research on the edge.-Bio: Famulus is an entrepreneur, hacker, and rails developer. In 2008 he learned of the Bussard fusion reactor and left the software world to try and build a working Bussard Reactor.
I’m speaking at Phreaknic 13!
October 30-31, 2009 in Nashville TN.
Talking about amateur nuclear fusion and prometheus fusion perfection.
I’m going to DEFCON in Vegas from July 30th to August 1st. My first time in Vegas. You should find me there!
My talk at toorcamp got some press in Canada today: Summer camp – for hackers
Other ToorCamp subjects are more ambitious. A Brooklyn, N.Y., resident who only goes by his pseudonym, famulus, gives an unscheduled talk about his quest to build an open-source Bussard fusion reactor, which he says has the potential to create “cheap, clean, abundant energy.” He has been working on the project for about a year, documenting his efforts on prometheusfusionperfection.com.
FYI, this article incorrectly names me as Samulus. It should be famulus.
Other
ToorCamp subjects are more ambitious. A Brooklyn, N.Y., resident who only goes by his pseudonym, Samulus, gives an unscheduled talk about his quest to build an open-source Bussard fusion reactor, which he says has the potential to create “cheap, clean, abundant energy.” He has been working on the project for about a year, documenting his efforts on prometheusfusionperfection.
Unless specified otherwise, all intellectual property generated by this project will be open sourced under the MIT license.
The decawell source code is available on github.
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