Laws of physics broken as a perpetual motion machine was invented

[Zagzag]

By the way, this is probably fake, as the article was written in September, and we don't have these powering our houses yet.

 

[the_abhorsen]

I call bullshit.A) You can hear the goddamn motor whine throughout the entire video. B)The thing wobbles like hell. C)This breaks more than the first law, it shits all over general reletivity as well.

Edit: I'm also a third year physics undergrad, I know what I'm on about.

 

[Skoosh]

Physics major here. It's malarkey, no laws are broken. Not that you need a bachelor's in physics to tell that, if you took a basic high school physics class and actually understood it you could tell right away why he's wrong. So many troll science threads, it makes me sad.

 

[blalien]

There is absolutely no chance that this thing works. I am willing to bet my life savings and both kidneys on it. If you're even considering the possibility that it's real, you need to enroll yourself in a beginner's physics course.

 

[The_ModeRazor]

Seems unlikely.
We need to invent fucking magic, already!
Goddamnit people, why won't you listen?

 

[Naheal]

'kay. Implement it if it's real.

 

[Serioli]

We need to invent fucking magic, already!

'Mechanomancers know physicists are full of shit' - One of the Unknown Armies sourcebooks

 

[TheAmazingHobo]

I believe this is the physics/engineering equivalent of all those P=NP "proofs" that crop up regularly.
The good ones use the scientific equivalent of sleight of hand to obfuscate their invalidity, the bad ones are just.... stupid.

This one, I'm afraid, falls into the later category...

 

[Nieroshai]

IF this isn't a hoax, then even so it TECHNICALLY it isn't a perpetual motion machine, it's just an electricity-generating Drinking Bird. It takes forever to stop, but it will stop.

 

[Naheal]

Seems unlikely.
We need to invent fucking magic, already!
Goddamnit people, why won't you listen?

I can talk to someone through attaching a device on my ear, we can make whole cities disappear, make materials move on their own, and make fire from a small flick and some liquid. You're saying we haven't invented magic yet? Bullshit, sir! We need to study it more.

 

[AugustFall]

Eugh, if it's real it's not breaking the laws of physics. It's using gravity to create electricity. Energy is conserved.

 

[Rubashov]

...Even if it works, it's not a perpetual motion machine because the force of gravity is continually acting on it to make it keep moving. And anyway, this looks a lot like the overbalanced wheel, which failed because the torques moving the wheel clockwise and counterclockwise ended up balancing with each other.

 

[jumjalalabash]

Considering their video for the thing can't even get blank screens with words right, I really doubt that thing does shit.

 

[Ampersand]

*sigh* you said it, it uses gravity to produce more electricity then it consumes. It's utilizing acceleration due to gravity and converting the kinetic energy into electricity. I'm sure that's very clever but it's not perpetual motion.......this is simple stuff people.

If that works as an source for electricity it might not be perpetual, but perhaps...well a nice source for electricity?

I dont know a bloody dirt about most physics so thats just my ~211 Sao Tome Dobras .

It'd be about as effective as a wind mill, this is not exactly ground breaking.

 

[DazBurger]

There's also that nothing can create it's own energy. The number of machines, plant life, animals, and all other living beings that can do it is astonishing.

Oh really? Name one...

Alright, there are over 45 different species of plant that do not require photosynthesis, oxygen, or nutrients via some strange motion that releases a self-made chemical that stops the requirement of all three for like a period of an hour.

Could you also name one?

 

[TheAmazingHobo]

Could you also name one?

I second the motion by my distinguished colleague DazBurger.
I too, would like to know the name of this magic flower.

Also: does it give me the ability to throw fireballs ?

 

[DazBurger]

Could you also name one?

I second the motion by my distinguished colleague DazBurger.
I too, would like to know the name of this magic flower.

Also: does it give me the ability to throw fireballs ?

Oooo! That would be sweet! Perhaps 1up mushrooms?

 

[Luftwaffles]

More than 100% efficient machine???

 

[elvor0]

I want to believe this is real, but I suspect its just another case of Flieshman's cold fusion, I mean it could be that he genuinly believes he's created a perpetual motion machine, but I doubt it -actually- works, and is instead just transferring energy elsewhere.

There's also that nothing can create it's own energy. The number of machines, plant life, animals, and all other living beings that can do it is astonishing.

Oh really? Name one...

Alright, there are over 45 different species of plant that do not require photosynthesis, oxygen, or nutrients via some strange motion that releases a self-made chemical that stops the requirement of all three for like a period of an hour.

Could you also name one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemosynthesis

Not quite what he meant, as they still require neutriants but they don't do photosynthesis. There is also that I may have misunderstood that article my state, I came to it because it made me think of deep sea smokers which I know have ecosystems inside them which feed on Sulfer as opposed to Oxygen and I went to check the page on them out, so I havent personally read Chemosynthesis page before now.

Obviously correct me if I'm wrong.