Maths student builds 'miniature fusion reactor' in his bedroom with help of AI
Hudhayfa Nazoordeen, a maths undergrad at the University of Waterloo, built a fusor in his bedroom with the help of Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet AI assistant he fed data to. Going by a series of tweets he shared explaining the entire process, he created the whole set-up from start to end in his bedroom over a series of weeks. Suffice it to say, the achievement in itself is huge and Nazoordeen's having done so in the confines of his bedroom in just weeks is commendable.
How did the maths student build a miniature nuclear reactor in his bedroom?
In layman's terms, a fusion device is made of an electrostatic field that accelerates ions to a point where they eventually fuse. There are finer details that need attention. For instance, creating a high vacuum in order to reduce collisions with other particles. Then you need high voltage to create the electrostatic field that will help fuse the ions. And most importantly, you need, fusion fuel like deuterium gas to drive the process.
Nazoordeen shared he had no prior hardware experience?so he took a week to understand the design and how to use McMaster-Carr hardware and tools.
"in a couple weeks, i built a nuclear fusor in my bedroom ¨C with zero hardware experiencethe secret? Claude sonnet 3.5 + projectsa glimpse into the process below," he captioned the post. In a thread, he explained the entire process:
Week 1 he dedicated to figuring out the parts and design:
Week 2 was 'go' time when the parts arrived:
In week 3 he tried setting up the equipment in his bedroom
In week 3.5, he fed the AI some data:
Week 4 meant a little more hunting for parts
He also thanked everyone who helped him
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How did the internet react?
The post was shared on X on August 24, and has so far raked in 1.8 million, 8,879 likes, 6237 bookmarks and comments to match. Here, we share the best of them. Take a look:
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