Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
While most people were distracted by China’s new flavors of AI, something even bigger was happening. China’s EAST experimental fusion reactor ran at temps 6X hotter than sun’s core for almost 18 whole minutes, doubling its previous record. Well, who cares? You do! More people are realizing that current “Green Energy” push isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and fusion reactors could provide nearly infinite energy with no radioactive waste. But the most interesting thing is the curious link between AI and fusion, and what it says about technology itself...
Links from the Vid:
- Video: What we lose if we ditch fossil fuels: youtube.com/watch?v=4OkYUle_Cr0
- Chinese artificial sun shatters world record with 1,066-second plasma confinement: techspot.com/news/106482-chinese-artificial-sun-shatters-world-record-1066-second.html
- What's a tokamak? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak
More techie tips: scottiestech.info
While most people were distracted by China’s new flavors of AI, something even bigger was happening. China’s EAST experimental fusion reactor ran at temps 6X hotter than sun’s core for almost 18 whole minutes, doubling its previous record. Well, who cares? You do! More people are realizing that current “Green Energy” push isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, and fusion reactors could provide nearly infinite energy with no radioactive waste. But the most interesting thing is the curious link between AI and fusion, and what it says about technology itself...
Links from the Vid:
- Video: What we lose if we ditch fossil fuels: youtube.com/watch?v=4OkYUle_Cr0
- Chinese artificial sun shatters world record with 1,066-second plasma confinement: techspot.com/news/106482-chinese-artificial-sun-shatters-world-record-1066-second.html
- What's a tokamak? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak
More techie tips: scottiestech.info
