Reply #51: Ah yes, the IEC fusion reactor, conceptualized by the late, great Robert Bussard [View All]

[Occulus]

I haven't heard anything on this recently (a few months), but www.talk-polywell.org is the forum the head of the lab, Dr. Nebel, posts on. There are a lot of knowledgeable people there, and the discussions tend to get a little.... technical. Additionally, one of the posters there, a one M. Simon, has a blog that follows IEC fusion developments.

Prior to his death, Dr. Bussard gave a talk for Google employees; his talk lasted over an hour, with a Q&A at the end, IIRC. It was a very impressive, though also very technical, talk, and convinced me that there's at least something to the idea.

The link to the lab doing the work is here.