AI (part 3) - Mr. Fusion

Wikipedia.com/Deuterium-tritium fusion

Remember what 2015 was supposed to look like in 1985?

The movie Back to the Future  made many predictions.  There were hits and misses.  More hits than misses.  And here are some of them:  14 Things from Back to the Future II That Actually Came True, and 5 That Haven't... Yet 

Mr. Fusion?

Back to the Future II predicted Mr. Fusion.  Shown below is mad scientist  Doc Brown getting a refuel from a renewable source - garbage.

(reference:  http://youtu.be/3HYoq6vIVXc)

What about this one?  Hit or miss?

Last year, 2014, an interesting announcement came out:  Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project | Reuters   And this clip shows the rest of the story:

(reference:  http://youtu.be/2GC8lpLvrEg )

A compact fusion reactor which can be placed on a small truck?  Clean unlimited energy source?  Perhaps a global game changer.  Well, now we may be 20 years away.

But Science imitating Art, this is part of AI - no ... not Artificial Intelligence, but

American Ingenuity ...

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Previous posts in his series:

AI (part 1) - American Ingenuity  (2012)

AI (part 2) - How Curiosity got our groove back (2012)

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Photo from:  Wikipedia.com/Deuterium-tritium fusion