Nuclear Fusion: Fusion's Dark Horses, I
In this double-header, we examine the various startups that are trying to make commercial nuclear fusion a reality. What technologies are they using? Who's backing them? And do any of them have a pray...
13 Sep 201935min
TT: What Can Four-Year-Olds Do that AI Can't?
What Can Four-Year-Olds Do that AI Can't? ==> Children are the greatest learners on the planet. As machine learning comes more and more into focus, and ambitious AI types are aiming to simulate the h...
5 Sep 201925min
Justin Ball and Jason Parisi on The Future of Fusion Energy - Part II
Hello and welcome to this episode of Physical Attraction. I've been excited about this for a while. Today, on the show, for the first time ever, we have not one but TWO guests, who have co-written an ...
29 Aug 20191h 1min
Justin Ball and Jason Parisi on The Future of Fusion Energy - Part I
Hello and welcome to this episode of Physical Attraction. I've been excited about this for a while. Today, on the show, for the first time ever, we have not one but TWO guests, who have co-written an ...
21 Aug 201955min
Nuclear Fusion XXIV: Is ITER "The Way"?
In this episode, we examine some of the chaotic politics and causes of delay to the ITER project - and the perils of trying to collaborate across multiple countries on a multi-billion-dollar, multi-de...
6 Aug 201928min
Nuclear Fusion XXIII: ITER's Challenges
Many would argue that the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), currently under construction, is now 'The Way' to achieving power from nuclear fusion. But it faces extraordinary cha...
25 Juli 201926min
Thermonuclear Takes: Tech Giants Move Into Healthcare - and Outer Space
On this week's edition of TT, we take a brief break from the fusion series to look at two recent news stories about giant tech companies expanding their markets: both into healthcare, and into provid...
18 Juli 201931min
Nuclear Fusion XXII: The National Almost-Ignition Facility
The National Ignition Facility poured the heart and soul of the first few years of their work into achieving ignition - a plasma that would heat itself by thermonuclear reactions by as much as it was ...
11 Juli 201934min
