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chidebunker t1_jcs7kml wrote

China makes wild claim about their technology

the US DoD responds by developing a next generation system to counter

new US system exceeds all Chinese claims

China was lying and their system never met their claims or never existed at all

the US military is now 6 generations of technology ahead of China

China responds by making wild claim about their technology....

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GuidotheGreater t1_jcs7jdr wrote

I started a couple projects like writing a book or making an app but my ADHD took over and they just joined the pile of projects I've started but never finished.

I found that I had to babysit it too much. Like I asked it to write a chapter between 2000 and 5000 words on a topic and it gave me 250. So I had to say things like "What sections should the chapter have" and the getting it to write each individual section.

For the app it was supposed to be a chatbot app hooked into the chatgpt APIs but again it just gave me samples and starter code. I couldn't be arsed to put it all together.

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FuturologyBot t1_jcs6e7x wrote

The following submission statement was provided by /u/ethereal3xp:


>Turning gas into plasma creates an intense electrical current for powering potent hypersonic weapons.

>Chinese researchers built a hypersonic generator that could power military lasers, rail guns, and microwave weapons.

>The relative compact nature of the hypersonic generator opens the scope of potential uses.

Chinese scientists say one formidable explosion inside a shock tunnel can turn hot gas into the most powerful hypersonic generator a military has ever seen—strong enough to charge military lasers, rails guns, microwave weapons, and more.

As reported by the South China Morning Post, a new peer-reviewed paper in the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics explains how the hypersonic generator turns one detonation inside a shock tunnel into enough electrical current to power hypersonic weapons of the future.

The Chinese scientists were able to use a controlled detonation to turn hot gas into a plasma filled with racing ions, which converted to current. With shock waves accelerating the compressed argon gas to 14 times the speed of sound, the charged ion-filled plasma then passed through magnetohydrodynamics generators to produce electric current up to 212 kilowatts while using.26 gallons of gas. That’s enough power for a burst of energy unlike anything available now in a compact system.

“It has a large capacity and high efficiency," the scientists write, via the SCMP. “There is no need for intermediate energy storage components. The energy can be directly transferred to the load without a high-power switch. And the device can start up quickly.” The generator also has no rotating parts, increasing efficiency and ease of use.

With some of the largest weapons in development requiring a gigawatt of input power, the researchers say they can produce that with 177 cubic feet of hypersonic plasma (that’s smaller than most vans).

China isn’t ready to deploy the new system just yet. There are plenty of logistical hurdles to sort out in how to transport a device that requires controlled detonation, and just how to handle the gas needed for a second charge when on the move. Still, if the next iteration of the science offers up an automated reloading of the technology, China’s hypersonic weapons just got a colossal burst of power.


Please reply to OP's comment here: https://old.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/11v9d7z/china_built_a_hypersonic_generator_that_could/jcs2uj3/

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dgj212 t1_jcs3y88 wrote

> I would never watch that except the one time to see what it looks like and then never again.

Well get used to it, all the tech bros like elon musk and jeff bezos praise china for their model and think the us should adopt it, so odds are it will be adopted by the us, maybe not in main media outlets right away, but odds are all tech companies will probably have an ai mascot to act as the company's mouth piece...you know, if the economy doesn't collapse this year.

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ethereal3xp OP t1_jcs2uj3 wrote

>Turning gas into plasma creates an intense electrical current for powering potent hypersonic weapons.

>Chinese researchers built a hypersonic generator that could power military lasers, rail guns, and microwave weapons.

>The relative compact nature of the hypersonic generator opens the scope of potential uses.

Chinese scientists say one formidable explosion inside a shock tunnel can turn hot gas into the most powerful hypersonic generator a military has ever seen—strong enough to charge military lasers, rails guns, microwave weapons, and more.

As reported by the South China Morning Post, a new peer-reviewed paper in the Chinese Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics explains how the hypersonic generator turns one detonation inside a shock tunnel into enough electrical current to power hypersonic weapons of the future.

The Chinese scientists were able to use a controlled detonation to turn hot gas into a plasma filled with racing ions, which converted to current. With shock waves accelerating the compressed argon gas to 14 times the speed of sound, the charged ion-filled plasma then passed through magnetohydrodynamics generators to produce electric current up to 212 kilowatts while using.26 gallons of gas. That’s enough power for a burst of energy unlike anything available now in a compact system.

“It has a large capacity and high efficiency," the scientists write, via the SCMP. “There is no need for intermediate energy storage components. The energy can be directly transferred to the load without a high-power switch. And the device can start up quickly.” The generator also has no rotating parts, increasing efficiency and ease of use.

With some of the largest weapons in development requiring a gigawatt of input power, the researchers say they can produce that with 177 cubic feet of hypersonic plasma (that’s smaller than most vans).

China isn’t ready to deploy the new system just yet. There are plenty of logistical hurdles to sort out in how to transport a device that requires controlled detonation, and just how to handle the gas needed for a second charge when on the move. Still, if the next iteration of the science offers up an automated reloading of the technology, China’s hypersonic weapons just got a colossal burst of power.

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bodyguardofspies t1_jcryi8t wrote

I’ve made some quality YT tags, descriptions and titles with it so far … Granted my channel is new and very niche in the gaming community (main stays in my niche don’t average more than 10k views a video) However, I know if I really grind it out for a few years i can make some decent ad revenue on the side. Not really in the frame of mind to do that due to other things on my plate so I’m going to keep it low key right now

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