172 Entries:

• The Birkeland »
  The Birkeland «
  Ibid

  submitted by Robert Stafford
• pop »
  pop «
  proton on proton or just the noise it makes.

  submitted by willit
• twister »
  twister «
  current fillament result.

  submitted by willit
• ABE »
  ABE «
  Aneutronic Boron Energy

  submitted by Joseph Gorski
• Kinkster-1 »
  Kinkster-1 «
  The whole process is very kinky. And this is the first of many!

  submitted by Brian H
• FRED »
  FRED «
  Fusion Reaction Energy Device

  submitted by Joe Gorski
• Iterum »
  Iterum «
  From latin: iterum [again , a second time]; 'iterum atque iterum', [again and again].

  submitted by W. Kuijper
• SAFE »
  SAFE «
  simple aneutronic fusion energy

  submitted by willit
• FIGEN »
  FIGEN «
  fused ion generator

  submitted by willit
• Dafne »
  Dafne «
  The name sounds like a girlfriend but might better stand for "Dense Aneutronic Fusion Nuclear Energy". Michael Graziano (digh)

  submitted by digh
• SPIF »
  SPIF «
  Spark Ignited Fusion. A short describing and to my knowledge a relatively unused acronym.

  submitted by Martin
• Dafne »
  Dafne «
  The name sounds like a girlfriend and stands for "Dense Aneutronic Focus Nuclear Energy." Michael Graziano (digh)

  submitted by digh
• FPS Fusion Power Source »
  FPS Fusion Power Source «
  Just as the acronym UPS has become ubiquitous...an easy switch of paradigms

  submitted by Ben Ferris
• FBG Focus Beam Generator »
  FBG Focus Beam Generator «
  My initials are BGF and it just sounds good (though a bit backwards)!

  submitted by Ben Ferris
• Fusion Beamer »
  Fusion Beamer «
  The ultimate energy machine

  submitted by Ben Ferris
• Prometheus »
  Prometheus «
  Prometheus took fire from the Gods and gave it to man. Seems Relevant and fitting.

  submitted by Alan
• SAFER »
  SAFER «
  Scale Aneutronic Fusion Energy Reactor

  submitted by Joe Gorski
• Alex »
  Alex «
  after Alexander the Great - the man who cut the Gordian Knot. Or you could come up with some backronym - Aneutrontic Liberation of Energy by Xrays

  submitted by jamesr
• hope »
  hope «
  hope

  submitted by hope johnson
• Birkeland 'Device/Generator' »
  Birkeland 'Device/Generator' «
  In honor of Kristian Birkeland, keen empiricist, inspiration for Alfven and suggestor that large currents exists in 'free' space. With this, he discerned the correct explanation for the Aurora. His notion of such currents was ignored at the time, only to be vindicated later by ALfven and space probes. These currents are now thought to be instrumental in filamentation processes throughout the universe. On the laboratory scale, much of our pulsed power generation contains the essence of Birkeland's work and insights. If all this 'cosmicity' isn't ENOUGH, he also developed a nitrogen fixation process. So name this BABY and her currents after Birkeland and his Currents, Eric. 'It seems to be a natural consequence of our points of view to assume that the whole of space is filled with electrons and flying electric ions of all kinds...' Birkeland

  submitted by Robert Stafford, Physicist
• TED (Thermonuclear Electric Device) »
  TED (Thermonuclear Electric Device) «
  Who wouldn't love a machine named TED?

  submitted by Joseph Gorski
• FuGen »
  FuGen «
  From Fusion Genesis, birth of a new energy source

  submitted by belbear42
• Larry Proteo Promethean »
  Larry Proteo Promethean «
  "Larry" for Lawrenceville, "Proteo" for Protean, meaning versatile, mutable, capable of taking many forms, also evoking Proteus, the first-born, and "Promethean" as in Prometheus, the bringer of Fire from the gods to humans. Of course, the initials are L.P.P.

  submitted by Joe Walker
• Proteus »
  Proteus «
  From Wikipedia - ... name suggests the "first", as the "primordial" or the "firstborn".

  submitted by Angus MacSporran
• Protean »
  Protean «
  From Wikipedia - ... general meaning of "versatile", "mutable", "capable of assuming many forms". "Protean" has positive connotations of flexibility, versatility and adaptability.

  submitted by Angus MacSporran
• Prodromus »
  Prodromus «
  Latin for forerunner.

  submitted by Glenn Millam
• Initium »
  Initium «
  Latin for beginning.

  submitted by Glenn Millam
• PlasmoGordo »
  PlasmoGordo «
  Because it spins plasma into itty-bitty Gordian Knots! This name sounds appropriately similar to Alamogordo. Just call it "Plasmo" for short.

  submitted by Scott Beach
• Humanergy »
  Humanergy «
  Future energy for humanity. Hum or Hu for short.

  submitted by Inadream
• "Fingers" Mazda »
  "Fingers" Mazda «
  http://wiki.lspace.org/wiki/"Fingers"_Mazda Terry Pratchett's Discworld's version of Prometheus. Like Pome, he stole fire from the gods. Unfortunately, he was unable to fence it. (Nobody wanted to buy it.)

  submitted by John Foelster
• Star in a Jar, or StarJar »
  Star in a Jar, or StarJar «
  alliterative allusion to what powers stars and how small the device is in relation to all other fusion efforts

  submitted by Paul Flocken
• FusZion »
  FusZion «
  fusion Z pinch

  submitted by nick Schlensky
• Mr. Fusion »
  Mr. Fusion «
  Back to the future, man!

  submitted by dash
• Bob »
  Bob «
  In the movie Titan A.E, the newly created planet that was for the future of mankind was named - Bob. This is the beginning of the future of mankind, so what better name?

  submitted by Michael Dunlap
• pinch-o-matic »
  pinch-o-matic «
  describes the pinch effect that takes place during operation

  submitted by jeff newsom
• MITE »
  MITE «
  name the baby MITE (pronounced mi-tee) an acronym for minimum tetrahedron according to buckminster fuller the minimum system with 4 dimensions/4 faces strongest indivisible structure the minimum structure 6 degrees of freedom inside and outside Buckminster Fuller, in his autobiography Ideas And Integrities 1963 p66 states "We knew, regarding organics in the previous century,that all the organic structures were tedrahedronally configured. Since 1933, we have also learned that all our inorganic structures are tetrahedronally configured."

  submitted by Helen Workman
• The Freedom Machine »
  The Freedom Machine «
  All over the world, people live under the oppression of dire poverty. They cannot afford what they need to live, they cannot afford the tools to make what they need to live. The most important tool that man utilizes is energy. Cheap energy could alleviate much of the world's poverty, giving hope to millions, liberating them.

  submitted by Guido Lißmann
• The Peace Machine »
  The Peace Machine «
  Ever since the beginning of the oil age, oil has been a reason for war. Eliminating the world's dependence on oil would, with one swift move, remove many reasons for strife and conflict. A vast, nearly limitless supply of cheap fusion energy would be the greatest step towards peace for all people, ever.

  submitted by Guido Lißmann
• Propero Navitas »
  Propero Navitas «
  Latin for acceleration of energy

  submitted by Michael Feehan
• ROSEBUD »
  ROSEBUD «
  

  submitted by IggyDalrymple
• Nikolai »
  Nikolai «
  in honor of

  submitted by IggyDalrymple
• LernergizerBunny »
  LernergizerBunny «
  obvious

  submitted by IggyDalrymple
• Transgwompter »
  Transgwompter «
  Plasimodo already taken

  submitted by IggyDalrymple
• Junior »
  Junior «
  obvious

  submitted by IggyDalrymple
• BabyHuey »
  BabyHuey «
  big baby

  submitted by IggyDalrymple
• Aconcagua »
  Aconcagua «
  tallest mountain in Western Hemisphere

  submitted by IggyDalrymple
• Plasma Caliente »
  Plasma Caliente «
  From the the Spanish word for 'Hot' ... It just seems fun

  submitted by Tracy Walters
• Daisy »
  Daisy «
  It's a cute name

  submitted by John Robert Hood
• Battletoads »
  Battletoads «
  Battletoads

  submitted by Zach
• Boron 2B Free »
  Boron 2B Free «
  Liberation thru Boron!

  submitted by Brian H
• New Life »
  New Life «
  Just as when a person becomes a Christian, he is given a new life in Christ;so this may give new life in a secular sense to the world.

  submitted by John Hood
• Invigorator »
  Invigorator «
  Energizer's taken; easier to sell to industry.

  submitted by Aeronaut
• Renaissance »
  Renaissance «
  Inspiring new ideas

  submitted by Aeronaut
• Genie »
  Genie «
  "Is it Magic?"

  submitted by Aeronaut
• Warp Core »
  Warp Core «
  Powering a New Age

  submitted by Aeronaut
• Aquarious »
  Aquarious «
  The 60's hit song is out of copyright protection

  submitted by Aeronaut
• HydroBorane Furnace »
  HydroBorane Furnace «
  device "burns" hydrogen and boron

  submitted by riqmorgan
• Star Flower »
  Star Flower «
  The reactor vessel looks to be a budding flower

  submitted by Ted Killmeyer
• future »
  future «
  I think its the best dream for mankind

  submitted by reza behbahani
• MBT(squared)B(squared) »
  MBT(squared)B(squared) «
  More Bang Than The Big Bang

  submitted by Keith Lemons
• jxB green giant »
  jxB green giant «
  jolly/happy green solution with a big impact

  submitted by bruce richardson
• Bo »
  Bo «
  BOron

  submitted by Bill Joslin
• Fast Lerner »
  Fast Lerner «
  Correction of Alex Pollard's suggestion. ;)

  submitted by Brian H
• Boron-1 »
  Boron-1 «
  typo correction!

  submitted by Brian H
• Bornon-1 »
  Bornon-1 «
  First practical boron fusion reactor.

  submitted by Brian H
• Sparky »
  Sparky «
  A better "name" than Sparkplug, but same notion.

  submitted by Thomas Jones
• Technowatts »
  Technowatts «
  It generates power through technology

  submitted by James Salmon
• PULSER »
  PULSER «
  Power UnLimited Sustaining Earth's Residents

  submitted by Rand Priborsky
• Pinch Me! »
  Pinch Me! «
  The dream becomes reality.

  submitted by Thomas Jones
• FusionX »
  FusionX «
  Since a significant portion of the the power will be generated by the Xrays.

  submitted by James Barrett
• Pulsed Fusor »
  Pulsed Fusor «
  isn't that what it is?

  submitted by Ross Koningstein
• John Galt Device »
  John Galt Device «
  If you read Atlas Shrugged,you'll know why. One of the protagonists (John Galt) invents an inexhaustible power source that nobody believes is possible.

  submitted by Dino Carubia
• The Small Bang »
  The Small Bang «
  epic irony if you guys succeed

  submitted by jon
• Feel »
  Feel «
  Fusion Electricity Eric Lerner

  submitted by Alan Watkins
• Alfven's Chipmunk »
  Alfven's Chipmunk «
  cute and poignant

  submitted by Erin Murphy
• Helios »
  Helios «
  Greek sun god

  submitted by jabba hut
• fuzit »
  fuzit «
  it's nifty

  submitted by Paul Swoboda
• Gaia's Hope »
  Gaia's Hope «
  Without a power source such as this we are doomed to destroy this earth with pollution and war over the remaining fossil fuel. If this is at all possible it would be a cure-all to the world's energy problems and the beginning of a golden age for humanity. Good luck and may the force be with you!

  submitted by Michael Foote
• Burnie »
  Burnie «
  It's cute and descriptive, i.e. a burner.

  submitted by nicolas
• Octomom »
  Octomom «
  It could be the mother of all power sources and it has 8 electrodes so,, Octomom. Actually someone suggested Mr. Fusion and I like it the best.

  submitted by Mike Smith
• nebula »
  nebula «
  this is where stars are born Never ending bountiful utopia from Lerners advances

  submitted by willit
• Solaris Abraxas »
  Solaris Abraxas «
  My translation: Beatific Power of the Sun My reason: By the focus fusion approach of unlocking the immense potential within atoms, the true energy that surrounds and binds our world might ultimately be unmasked and its dynamic properties harnessed for the advancement and sustainability of our civilization.

  submitted by Caz Schoenleber
• Fast Learner »
  Fast Learner «
  It’s Eric’s baby, so it should share his surname. We don't have much time to find alternative energy sources to replace coal and oil, so we need a solution fast. And it will be a bright spark, so I’d call it Fast Learner

  submitted by Alex Pollard
• the teacher »
  the teacher «
  it will teach us what we need to go further

  submitted by willit
• The Usher »
  The Usher «
  3. To precede and introduce; inaugurate - Fusion power.

  submitted by Thomas Jones
• Game Set Match »
  Game Set Match «
  Pretty obvious me thinks. Whoever produces net energy from any fusion reaction wins! Good luck Lerner and team!

  submitted by Thomas Jones
• Bumble Bee »
  Bumble Bee «
  A big bug that gives the misleading appearance that it shouldn't be able to do what it does - Fly. If this device produces net energy it will be in the same category.

  submitted by Thomas Jones
• Axio »
  Axio «
  No denying it from here! If it works, the naysayers will be silenced a little bit more.

  submitted by Thomas Jones
• BBK »
  BBK «
  Big Bang Killer - Hey, why not?

  submitted by Thomas Jones
• wet station »
  wet station «
  wave energy transfer station

  submitted by willit
• ppg »
  ppg «
  plasma pulse generator

  submitted by willit
• FP - Focus Power »
  FP - Focus Power «
  You need something that's easy to remember and would be instantly recognisable

  submitted by Mark Condina
• Plasmatron »
  Plasmatron «
  Plasma is obvious, tron is from electrons, which are generated. The name is in line with other high-energy devices: Cyclotron, Tevatron, etc.

  submitted by E.J. Wilson
• brat »
  brat «
  boron reactor alternative technology

  submitted by willit
• proof »
  proof «
  protonic reaction overcomes obstinant forces

  submitted by willit
• Sparkplug »
  Sparkplug «
  It's basically a really big spark plug (and it might start the engines of an energy revolution!)

  submitted by Jas Strong
• Epiphany »
  Epiphany «
  A word of many contexts, all of them appropriate here: a manifestation, an illuminating discovery, an intuitive grasp, a revelation, a new beginning.

  submitted by Keith Pickering
• Tortus Agellus »
  Tortus Agellus «
  Latin for little twisting field

  submitted by Matt McDonald
• Electrite »
  Electrite «
  

  submitted by James
• car »
  car «
  carbon alternative realization

  submitted by willit
• NanoStar »
  NanoStar «
  Evokes the idea of the plasmoid as a very small ball of fusion - a "small star" in the device.

  submitted by Mike Ray
• elektor »
  elektor «
  "elektor," meaning "beaming sun." In Greek

  submitted by willit
• Janus »
  Janus «
  [Webmaster note: This is the second entry of this name. Will leave this here for more info on the name.]As the greek god of doorways and beginnings, the Janus reactor would represent the promise of a new era of clean, safe energy.

  submitted by Aaron Nash
• Prometheus »
  Prometheus «
  [Webmasater Note: This name was previously suggested. See also Prometheus post. ] The Titan that stole fire from Zeus to give mortals. Taken by NASA in a recent project. Well it seems cool though.

  submitted by gibbie
• Mithra »
  Mithra «
  In Persian lore, the "protector of truth and justice and the source of cosmic light," whose birth after the Winter Solstice came to symbolize the Roman "Sol Invictus," or Unconquered Sun. Etymology from proto-Indo-Iranian meaning "that which causes binding," perfect for a device that ends a long winter for fusion research!

  submitted by Derek
• Janus »
  Janus «
  The Roman god of beginnings and change. As a two-headed god, can be seen as a symbol of fusion. And Janus sounds cool.

  submitted by Cameron Weir
• Nicto »
  Nicto «
  naturally induced collapsing torroid also one of the words uttered to keep the robot from destroying earth in the film "the day the earth stood still"

  submitted by willit
• Baby Fusion »
  Baby Fusion «
  Baby as opposed to the fusion processes in stars.

  submitted by Timothy
• Sunshine »
  Sunshine «
  As in what makes our sun shine.

  submitted by John Chiasson
• FUFE »
  FUFE «
  First Use of Fusion Energy

  submitted by C.P.
• FAT »
  FAT «
  Fusion Ain't Tough

  submitted by Brian H
• PROOF »
  PROOF «
  Plasma Reactor Offers Ober-Fusion

  submitted by Brian H
• LAFF »
  LAFF «
  Lerner's Aneutronic Focus Fusion

  submitted by Brian H
• FLARE »
  FLARE «
  Focus Locus Aneutronic Reaction Engine

  submitted by Brian H
• Hot Spit »
  Hot Spit «
  Spits out hot helium

  submitted by Brian H
• Baby Boron »
  Baby Boron «
  First p-B11 reactor. Basic and unrefined, but with infinite potential.

  submitted by Brian H
• TIME »
  TIME «
  Tapping Into Material Energy

  submitted by Chip Pwilho
• M2E »
  M2E «
  Matter to Energy

  submitted by Larry Siders
• DPFD »
  DPFD «
  dense plasma focus device

  submitted by Kevin Owens
• Lernerator »
  Lernerator «
  What can I say, it fits. And we need a hero!

  submitted by dkohn
• alchemy »
  alchemy «
  for turning lead into gold or at least boron into helium

  submitted by willit
• Adam »
  Adam «
  aneutronic device for atomic merging

  submitted by willit
• E^2 »
  E^2 «
  energy to energy

  submitted by willit
• MIO »
  MIO «
  Many scientists will hate us for this one: Makes ITER Obsolete

  submitted by Chris Van den Bossche
• Lernertron »
  Lernertron «
  The very first Fusitron may be named after its inventor...

  submitted by Chris Van den Bossche
• Fusitron »
  Fusitron «
  "-tron" is a commonly used suffix for a vacuum-electric machine. This one emphasizes on fusion

  submitted by Chris Van den Bossche
• Thor »
  Thor «
  Norse God of Thunder

  submitted by Brian Zerr
• fed »
  fed «
  fusion energy device

  submitted by willit
• faser »
  faser «
  focus amplified sequential energy release like the acronym for laser which is light amplification by stimulated emmission of radiation

  submitted by willit
• fast »
  fast «
  fusion as sustainable technology

  submitted by willit
• rip »
  rip «
  rapid inductive pulse

  submitted by willit
• ripped »
  ripped «
  rapid inductive pulse powering everybodys day

  submitted by willit
• Argus »
  Argus «
  It means glistening or shining. We are heading to a bright future in energy.

  submitted by Jason Zerr
• Alfvénator »
  Alfvénator «
  Mr. Fusion was already taken.

  submitted by Michael Nemeth
• Ralito1 »
  Ralito1 «
  Ralito (little Ra, Egyptian Sun God)

  submitted by Michael Graziano
• Fusion Core »
  Fusion Core «
  

  Current nuclear power plants have a "reactor core" or "fission core". This is a fusion core.

  Also, it has some cheesy connotations to sci-fi stores that have a "magical" power-plant core, like Star Trek's "Warp Core".

  submitted by Charles Wilcox
• Plasma Engine »
  Plasma Engine «
  "Engine" derives from "ingenuity". Pre-Industrial Revolution uses of the word conveyed "clever device, or instrument", which seems very appropriate for the Dense Plasma Focus Fusion Device.

  submitted by Charles Wilcox
• Stella »
  Stella «
  Latin for star. inspired by the Electric Sun hypothesis as conveyed in Don Scott's book The Electric Sky. Also has a nice, succinct, feminine name. ( No flashbacks to Marlon Brando in "A Streetcar Named Desire". ) Possibly add a suffix like: - StellaOne - Stella-1

  submitted by Charles Wilcox
• best-FUSION »
  best-FUSION «
  because this approach is better than all the others

  submitted by Paul Hostens
• axon »
  axon «
  the name of a single protoplasmic fibre used to facilitate communication between neurons in the brain, it seems fitting because this is the manifestation of human creativity and ingenuity, it also doesn't have a bad ring to it!

  submitted by Aleks Moylan
• pinch-o-matic »
  pinch-o-matic «
  Describes the pich effect taking place during operation

  submitted by Jeff Newsom
• Pandora Device »
  Pandora Device «
  It will open the world to new technology

  submitted by Carl Coles
• Plasimodo »
  Plasimodo «
  Modo in Latin means "Way," "Like," or "Manner" as in Quasimodo the misunderstood Hunchback of Notre Dame. Hence The Plasma Way for the new baby.

  submitted by William Macoy
• FreedomPulse »
  FreedomPulse «
  free humanity from energy needs

  submitted by Milt manning
• mac »
  mac «
  magnetic atom crusher

  submitted by willit
• watt »
  watt «
  whuppin ass on tokomac technology

  submitted by willit
• net »
  net «
  now everybodys talking

  submitted by willit
• (PHOENIX) Pulsed High Output Energy by Nucleic helium & Intense X-ray capture »
  (PHOENIX) Pulsed High Output Energy by Nucleic helium & Intense X-ray capture «
  Acronymn and reference to the Phoenix from Greek mythology which at the end of its life "burns" and is turned to ashes only to rise again (it is a great metaphor for fusion being a renewable source of energy)

  submitted by Patrick Andres
• hope »
  hope «
  helping other people electrically

  submitted by willit
• green »
  green «
  grass roots energy environmentally neutral

  submitted by willit
• unity »
  unity «
  it is the reason for the machines existance and the goal to surpass

  submitted by willit
• opecr »
  opecr «
  oil producing exporting country replacement

  submitted by willit
• s.a.f.e. »
  s.a.f.e. «
  simple,aneutronic,fusion, for everyone or earth. your choice

  submitted by william taylor
• Larry, Big Larry or Little Larry »
  Larry, Big Larry or Little Larry «
  Based on "Lawrenceville". I prefer Little Larry, because after all it is your baby, and it certainly is little relative to Tokamak.

  submitted by Christopher Lawrence
• Baby Apollo »
  Baby Apollo «
  As wikipedia suggests: Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo

  submitted by Ignas Galvelis
• Mite »
  Mite «
  name the baby mite (pronounced mi-tee or mighty) an acronym for minimum tetrahedron according to buckminster fuller the minimum system with 4 dimensions/4 faces strongest indivisible structure the minimum structure 6 degrees of freedom inside and outside Buckminster Fuller, in his autobiography Ideas And Integrities 1963 p66 states "We knew, regarding organics in the previous century, that all the organic structures were tedrahedronally configured. Since 1933, we have also learned that all our inorganic structures are tetrahedronally configured."

  submitted by Helen
• Daisy »
  Daisy «
  as it looks from face on a number of white hot petals that converge to a bright yellow sun like center and a stem that is green like a stream of green energy.

  submitted by William Taylor
• Mr. Fusion »
  Mr. Fusion «
  like in the movie "Back to the future" the Delorian was retro fit with a fusion device that nolonger required a gigawatt of lightening to power the time warp device. the reactor was called "MR FUSION" of course it wasn't using pb11 but rather beer and bananna peels.

  submitted by William Taylor
• stellacor »
  stellacor «
  Latinish: Star Heart

  submitted by Tristan Wibberly
• heortesteorran »
  heortesteorran «
  Based heavily on Old English [Anglosaxon] and might be correct: Star Heart - literally "heart of star's"

  submitted by Tristan Wibberly
• Heliocardia »
  Heliocardia «
  Greekish: Sun Heart

  submitted by Tristan Wibberly
• Plasmoid-1 »
  Plasmoid-1 «
  

  submitted by Eric Lerner
• Focus Fusion-1 »
  Focus Fusion-1 «
  Plain, but descriptive.

  submitted by Eric Lerner
• Bast »
  Bast «
  Because it's fast, but uses Boron.

  submitted by NA
• Pulsetta »
  Pulsetta «
  It's like rosetta, only it pulses.

  submitted by NA
• Fast Fusor »
  Fast Fusor «
  Because it's not slow.

  submitted by Him
• Pulsator »
  Pulsator «
  It's like terminator, only pulsing.

  submitted by You
• Firefly »
  Firefly «
  Because I love Joss Whedon

  submitted by Me
• Popeye I »
  Popeye I «
  Because Popeye 8 is strange.

  submitted by not sure
• Eye of Horus »
  Eye of Horus «
  Not to be outdone, Egyptian names are used.

  submitted by Who?
• Firestarter »
  Firestarter «
  

  submitted by Eric
• Prometheus »
  Prometheus «
  Prometheus was the greek dude who stole fire from gods.

  submitted by Eric