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Ion engine could one day power 39-day trips to Mars - space - 22 July 2009 - New Scientist

Very cool video from here http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17476-ion-engine-could-one-day-power-39day-trips-to-mars.html?full=true about a new type of ion engine that uses SCRF to pump up the energy in the plasma before ejecting it from the engine. Very cool.

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Intellectual Ventures Lab ยป Quarter Shrinker

Video of the quarter shrinker in action (this is what happens when you magnetically pump 15 KJ into a quarter).

I had heard about such a device while at Fermilab, but it is cool too see one.

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