* Posts by Paul Simmonds

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Germany announces ITER fusion-reactor supercomputer

Paul Simmonds

Top boffins not stumped as claimed

The previous fusion reactor to ITER was JET, and was an experimental fusion reaction to prove the concepts were correct. It was never scaled or desined to produce power.

It was the work at JET that provided the design parameters for ITER which IS designed to prove you can produce more power than you put in, followed then by a commerical prototype.

Apple explores auto iPhone audio

Paul Simmonds

Prior Art

Surely loads of car radios already do this when they increase/decrease the volume in response to the ambient (road/wind) noise and/or speed.