https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2003.02154/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25265041urn:hackerpapers:mention:2003.02154:25265041Tue, 01 Dec 2020 13:46:45 GMT<p>I hate to bring up a spoiler effect because it has been a toxic sour point between competing MCF designs in the past, but MIT is actively pulling funds away from attractive coil winding techniques that are public and subject to peer review. I’m rather close to this issue because I’m aware of grants being given to MIT to make prototypes. MIT is in the US and have a big reputation. The current grants are modest, but they are opening a path for MIT to be paid to develop a technology they will sell. This is all fine. Where it stops being fine is when the developed coil winding technology is…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2003.02154/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.acc-ph