What's Next with Philip Meissner
Oct 27, 2026 · 8 min · 7 segments
We’ve curated a 7-minute segment packed with surprising insights into a sun we could switch on, a billion years of fuel, and the powerful magnets that could bring nearly limitless energy within reach…
Brandon SorbomGuest
Philip MeissnerHost
A lot of the breakthroughs have been we've built machines and we've learned a lot.
And so this particular type of machine called a tokamak or a magnetic bottle, it's basically a donut-shaped magnetic bottle that uses magnets to squeeze this fusion plasma in.
These devices, I would say the progress, it's been more steady than big leaps.
And the thing that's changed now is that we have much more in the last sort of like 10 years, we've sort of unlocked much more powerful magnets that will allow us to build devices at higher performance without the size getting larger and larger.
A lot of the breakthroughs have been we've built machines and we've learned a lot.
And so this particular type of machine called a tokamak or a magnetic bottle, it's basically a donut-shaped magnetic bottle that uses magnets to squeeze this fusion plasma in.
These devices, I would say the progress, it's been more steady than big leaps.
And the thing that's changed now is that we have much more in the last sort of like 10 years, we've sort of unlocked much more powerful magnets that will allow us to build devices at higher performance without the size getting larger and larger.
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