These guys are back.
http://www.gizmag.com/go/7164/
[/quote]April 27, 2007 Steorn is publicly unveiling its “perpetual motion machine” this July, according to the latest video from CEO Sean McCarthy. The Irish company made international headlines after declaring news of its invention, which would theoretically violate the so called laws of thermodynamics, in a full page ad in The Economist in August 2006. However, because its “over 100% efficient” energy system still remains over 100% unverified, McCarthy is currently viewed by academia as about as scientific as an X-men sequel. [quote]
I can't wait. Mind you it won't do the old national pride any good
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More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
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More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Madpaddy » Fri 27 Apr 2007, 17:48:32
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Ebyss » Fri 27 Apr 2007, 20:21:12
I so hope it's all true.
We've tried nothin' and we're all out of ideas.
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Valdemar » Fri 27 Apr 2007, 21:50:14
With some of the crap coming out of the energy market analysts lately, I wouldn't put it past most of them to actually buy into this bullshit themselves.
Maybe they figure it really is too good to be true. I doubt it came from any understanding of thermodynamics.
Maybe they figure it really is too good to be true. I doubt it came from any understanding of thermodynamics.
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by steam_cannon » Sat 28 Apr 2007, 00:10:55
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Madpaddy', 'T')hese guys are back.
Perpetually... 
As far as their device? If they found a way to siphon energy from a parallel dimension, great! And I'll believe it when they have a locomotive running off this thing.
I am sure it is just smoke and mirrors, but I have to admit it's fun to think how this sort of thing could work and not violate the laws of Thermodynamics. For example, if it acted as a sort of heat pump. Like if their device magically used a magnetic field to draw heat energy from magnets and convert that heat into mechanical energy...
Anyway, perpetual motion machines are generally amusing. A long time ago my grandfather bought a perpetual motion clock... You never had to wind it, but you did have to plug it in!
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Omnitir » Sat 28 Apr 2007, 00:25:36
And in other news, the existence of the StarGate will be unveiled in July, along with an alien energy generation technology, the "zero point module", which will be used to help win the war in Iraq and secure oil supplies.
"Mother Nature is a psychopathic bitch, and she is out to get you. You have to adapt, change or die." - Tihamer Toth-Fejel, nanotech researcher/engineer.
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Aaron » Sat 28 Apr 2007, 10:14:27
From the publishers website presented to look like content, but it's actually advertising. (Which violates their ad contract BTW)
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')elated Products
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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')elated Products
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The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Newsseeker » Sat 28 Apr 2007, 10:48:01
I'm skeptical but will keep an open mind.
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Aaron » Sat 28 Apr 2007, 11:11:04
Open to what?
Changing the laws of physics?
Changing the laws of physics?
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Kristen » Sat 28 Apr 2007, 18:13:02
Maybe Aaron, have you read the holographic universe by Talbot?
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by Newsseeker » Sat 28 Apr 2007, 19:47:40
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Aaron', 'O')pen to what?
Changing the laws of physics?
Changing the laws of physics?
That's a good point.
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Re: More news on Steorn's perpetual motion device.
by steam_cannon » Sat 28 Apr 2007, 22:48:30
A magnetic heat engine, not perpetual motion but amusing...
http://scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/magnets/magnets.html
MintoWheel is another good one...
Mythbusters built one, using solar power it turned at like 1 revolution per day.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Mother Earth News, Issue 38, Page 96, March 1976
"Hold on to your hat! Because if Wallace Minto has done what we think he's done... the backyard solar engine that can make everyone as energy self-sufficient as he or she wants to be has just been invented!"
http://my.voyager.net/~jrrandall/MintoWheel.html
http://scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/magnets/magnets.html
MintoWheel is another good one...
Mythbusters built one, using solar power it turned at like 1 revolution per day.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Mother Earth News, Issue 38, Page 96, March 1976
"Hold on to your hat! Because if Wallace Minto has done what we think he's done... the backyard solar engine that can make everyone as energy self-sufficient as he or she wants to be has just been invented!"
http://my.voyager.net/~jrrandall/MintoWheel.html
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