Watch: video of a stable plasma torus

[beschizza]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2017/12/31/watch-video-of-a-stable-plasm.html

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[anon24181555]

I didn’t think anything would be better than the book, but the video turned out great!

[anon14640701]

I found the book “stable plasma torus” a tedious read. It kept looping over the same material.

[popobawa4u]

I liked it better when it was called:

The Solar Anus

[sockdoll]

Plasma torus with sprinkles

And close up

[peterk]

Plasma based electromagnetic solar sail?

[MadLibrarian]

We are the Borg. Resistance is futile.

[FGD135]

[euansmith]

Stable? It looks bi-polar to me.

[Enkita]

@anon14640701

I found the book “stable plasma torus” a tedious read. It kept looping over the same material.

You would prefer the solar physics one, then. The plasma loops on the sun keep breaking and reforming in a different place, like a 1960s band.

[Enkita]

Looks like an HHGG spinoff. Marvin the paranoid bread.

[TheGreatParis]

@beschizza

In addition, engineers working with the plasma noticed that their cell phones encountered high levels of radio frequency noise—static—while they were in the same room as the experiment.

[Robbo]

When that baby hits 88 mph you’re gonna see some serious shit.

[Sigmund]

I wonder if they could use this technique for fusion reactors instead/in addition of the magnetic trap.

[anon41977465]

rectum? No, it was stable.

[redesigned]

@anon14640701

I found the book “stable plasma torus” a tedious read. It kept looping over the same material.

Critics Raved:

“it had so many twists!”

“the main hole was a bit disappointing as everything seemed to revolve around that.”

“it was a charged exploration of important matters.”