There’s been some chatter on the Talk Polywell forums lately about a new patent application assigned to FPGeneration, a small company located in Massachusetts. I became aware of this company and its concept, called MIX (Multi-pole Ion beam Experiment), about a year ago, but their website was basically empty. Now, perhaps because of the recent interest demonstrated on Talk Polywell, FPGeneration has revamped its website. In the past year they’ve found shortcomings with their MIX device and moved on to a newer iteration of their technology, which they call MARBLE (Multiple Ambipolar Recirculating Beam Line Experiment). Unfortunately for them, it seems their investors are losing patience, and they may be without funds shortly. However, they have a number of applications besides fusion power that they are considering. They appear to be focused on the D-D and D-T fusion reactions, so I didn’t put this in the aneutronic section. Also of note, one of the principals in the company worked at EMC2 with Dr. Bussard.
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