Orbitron: A compact plasma device confining ions in orbit around a cathode

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apparently a kind of Bussard Fusor a.k.a. Polywell[0]

"Eindruck eines Betrugs oder Selbstbetrugs"[1]

A relevant discussion on Reddit from ~2022 does not engender confidence this could ever work [2]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell

[1] https://www.golem.de/news/us-militaer-kernkraft-im-weltall-v...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/fusion/comments/t18d4s/avalanches_c...

Thank you--this is very useful context. Do you work in the field? (haha)

You can visit my shop; we have a cold fusion reactor, an EM drive, a tiny nuclear battery-in-a-diamond, a free energy collector that can power your home, a solar-powered device the size of a thermos to harvest 1L/h drinking water from thin air, stuff like that.

Rock on! I assume the hallway to your office is a frictionless vacuum? Would you happen to be hiring?

> you happen to be hiring?

well if you can navigate the frictionless vacuum hallway... you'd be more than qualified to act as a salesperson for our revolutionary VacuTrain system (basically an air hockey table inside a vacuum tube). I'll keep my fingers crossed someone makes it further than half way...

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