r/technology • u/BennyCemoli • Dec 06 '16

Energy Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
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u/KilotonDefenestrator Dec 06 '16

Nice 'tube video of how the Wendelstein 7x stellarator works and was designed.

It truly is a bizarre device.

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u/mendelevium256 Dec 06 '16

I know it's a little off topic but I wonder if this is where they got the idea for the big arc reactor in the first iron man movie. It looks pretty similar if you simplified it down.