A Perpetual Motion Machine!!!!!!!!

[slimeonline]

In Ireland apparently a perpetual motion machine has been discovered/engineered about 5 year ago!!

It got $3,000,000 of backing and for a small nominal fee of only $530 you can look at their awesome design at http://www.steorn.com/

Wow.........

 

[grimsprice]

Lol.

I've got some dehydrated water i'll sell ya cheap.

I just watched their videos and its hilariously stupid.

 

[Dumbfish1]

Sigh, there will be a flaw, there always is.

Hey, maybe their idea works, but it wont output more energy than is inputed as the guy says. Some source of renewable energy will be being used, he mentioned electromagnetism, possibly something to do with that, But energy/matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed in form.

 

[grimsprice]

Wow, i'm surprised this thread didn't get more than 2 comments. Crack pots always deserve to chance to be ridiculed a second time!

Erigo!

Raise!

Life 2!

Angel Whisper!

PHOENIX DOWN!

 

[Custard_Angel]

Pardon my lack of faith, but the Law of Conservation of Energy kind of contradicts all this stuff straight off the bat.

Also, this:

perpetual motion = infinite energy
infinite energy = infinite heat
infinite heat = end of perpetual motion

Basically, you'd need an infinitely powerful heatsink to counter the infinite amounts of heat produced. It doesn't exist.

 

[eggy32]

Laws of thermodynamics exist, therefore perpetual motion does not.

 

[grimsprice]

Pardon my lack of faith, but the Law of Conservation of Energy kind of contradicts all this stuff straight off the bat.

Also, this:

perpetual motion = infinite energy
infinite energy = infinite heat
infinite heat = end of perpetual motion

Basically, you'd need an infinitely powerful heatsink to counter the infinite amounts of heat produced. It doesn't exist.

Actually, if you spread the infinite energy generation out over an infinite amount of time, you get a finite amount of energy generated per unit-time. That amount of energy can be removed from the system in many forms.

So no. It wouldn't automatically explode, destroying the universe.

 

[Wicky_42]

Orbo technology is available under license to developers through Steorn's online learning, collaboration and development platform, the SKDB, from April 1 2010.

the SKDB, from April 1 2010.

April 1

I think that should tell you all. To find out more, just send them some money!

 

[Xeros]

So why are we still rabidly pursuing energy sources?

Perpetual energy = solution to energy problems.

Because perpetual motion can't be done, it's against the laws of physics.

 

[unoleian]

Is this the 'new cold fusion?'

 

[DaOysterboy]

What you are suggesting is impossible. It may sound good on paper, but it won't work out.

Does it have a plug? Because if it does I have news for you....

EDIT: He mentions in the video that the technology is controversial. I think I could guess why...

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Is there more than one part? Does anything move? Are they using super conductors? If the answers are yes, yes, and/or no; then it isn't perpetual motion.

 

[grimsprice]

Orbo technology is available under license to developers through Steorn's online learning, collaboration and development platform, the SKDB, from April 1 2010.

the SKDB, from April 1 2010.

April 1

I think that should tell you all. To find out more, just send them some money!

For me, the most telling thing was simply that they haven't put it in a glass box and turned it on. Seriously, if it can be powered by a battery, and then charge that battery with at least 101% efficiency (which is what they claim) then why haven't they just proved it?

Wouldn't turning it on, and leaving it on for a couple months in controlled, laboratory conditions totally vindicate the technology?

Bah, i bet this'll be the homeopathy of the tech world.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Orbo technology is available under license to developers through Steorn's online learning, collaboration and development platform, the SKDB, from April 1 2010.

the SKDB, from April 1 2010.

April 1

I think that should tell you all. To find out more, just send them some money!

For me, the most telling thing was simply that they haven't put it in a glass box and turned it on. Seriously, if it can be powered by a battery, and then charge that battery with at least 101% efficiency (which is what they claim) then why haven't they just proved it?

Wouldn't turning it on, and leaving it on for a couple months in controlled, laboratory conditions totally vindicate the technology?

Bah, i bet this'll be the homeopathy of the tech world.

They did! Try. It failed in 2 public demonstrations.

 

[Blueruler182]

Um... This was on a few days ago. I do believe the guy's one of those add-bots or something. I honestly don't trust anyone who says "You can see what something looks like if you pay". It never ends well.

 

[Spadge]

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Actually, if you spread the infinite energy generation out over an infinite amount of time, you get a finite amount of energy generated per unit-time. That amount of energy can be removed from the system in many forms.

So no. It wouldn't automatically explode, destroying the universe.

Finite, but undefined. Any real between 0 and infinity. You could still potentially have an high amount of energy there. It's all semantics though, since you are right.

The idea of a perpetual motion machine is silly though, if you could remove all the forces that slow it down (magnetic leviation in a vaccuum), you would have something that could move for a (very) long time. As soon as you attach something to it to generate power (that is, to feed power back in to truely get perpetual motion) you add a force to slow it down. Conservation of energy says no.