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General Fusion advances with fabrication of at-scale fusion vessel trial ring

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Construction of General Fusion’s demonstration machine, which is being built at the UK Atomic Energy Agency’s Culham Campus, advanced significantly with the fabrication of an at-scale fusion vessel trial ring by Sheffield Forgemasters. The vessel is designed to be modular, made up of 11 steel rings bolted together on site.

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Fusion energy company TAE Technologies launches power management subsidiary TAE Power Solutions

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TAE Technologies , the world’s largest private fusion energy company, has spun-out a new subsidiary, TAE Power Solutions. TAE Power Solutions intends to deliver a novel technology to improve fundamentally the reliability, efficiency, longevity, and affordability of electric-powered products, from vehicles to renewable energy storage.

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PPPL researchers find way to build high-temperature superconducting magnets for fusion devices

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Such powerful magnets would more easily fit within the tight space inside spherical tokamaks, which are shaped more like a cored apple than the doughnut-like shape of conventional tokamaks, and are being explored as a possible design for future fusion power plants. Collage by Kiran Sudarsanan).

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Fusion Tech Finds Geothermal Energy Application

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The upper 10 kilometers of the Earth’s crust contains vast geothermal reserves , essentially awaiting human energy consumption to begin to tap into its unstinting power output —which itself yields no greenhouse gasses. plans to deploy what are called gyroton drills to vaporize rock using powerful microwaves. “We

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National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). LLNL’s experiment surpassed the fusion threshold by delivering 2.05 LLNL’s experiment surpassed the fusion threshold by delivering 2.05

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Mobileye unveils Gen4 system-on-chip EyeQ4; visual processing for ADAS and automated driving; design win for 2018

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a designer and developer of camera-based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for the automotive industry, introduced its 4 th -generation system-on-chip, the EyeQ4. The first design win for EyeQ4 in series production has been secured for a global premium European car manufacturer for production to start in early 2018.

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Segway debuts fully automated Navimow i110N robot lawn mower with satellite positioning

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Now available for pre-order , the new i Series models are designed for yards up to 1/4-acre in size and introduce the company’s updated Exact Fusion Location System 2.0, With Navimow i coming to Amazon, we’re making effortless, affordable robotic lawn care available across the US. George Ren, CEO of Segway Navimow.

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