China to Build World's First "Artificial Sun"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday January 21, 2006 @07:26PM from the tanning-industry-already-lining-up dept.

cletuii writes to tell us the People's Daily Online is reporting that China is planning on building the world's first "artificial sun" device. From the article: "The project, dubbed EAST (experimental advanced superconducting Tokamak), is being undertaken by the Hefei-based Institute of Plasma Physics under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. It will require a total investment of nearly 300 million yuan (37 million U.S. dollars), only one fifteenth to one twentieth the cost of similar devices being developed in the other parts of the world."

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Oh Doctor Octopus, do you never learn? by Channard · 2006-01-21 21:42 · Score: 0, Redundant

Looks like Doc Ock's up to his old tricks again. Artifical Sun indeed... didn't he remember what happened the last time? Presumably the web-slinger is booking a flight to the East as we speak.
spiderman 2 by yincrash · 2006-01-22 04:07 · Score: 0, Redundant

didn't anyone watch spiderman 2? trying to create artificial suns can only result in fusing robotic arms to your spine!