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Perpetual motion machine built by Steorn

Claims to provide free, clean, and constant energy

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jester

Jul 5 2007, 9:41 am

Steorn, a former marketing company based in Dublin, claim that they have developed a perpetual motion machine which could end the global fuel crisis. However this would go against the laws of thermodynamics. They claim to have stumbled upon the technology while working with wind turbines to power remote surveillance CCTV cameras for ATM.

In August 2006 they took out a full page ad in the Economist challenging the scientific community to rebuke it's claims. Sounded like a fair challenge but it was Steorn who got to pick the panel of 22 scientists!

Steorn was to display the first ever showing of the device in action via webcast last night but they had some technical issues. The display will however take place at some time today and the device will be available for viewing between July 5th and 13th at the Kinetica Museum in London.

Edit:
Just as I had posted they updated their site again

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We are experiencing some technical difficulties with the demo unit in London. Our initial assessment indicates that this is probably due to the intense heat from the camera lighting. We have commenced a technical assessment and will provide an update later today. As a consequence, Kinetica will not be open to the public today (5th July). We apologise for this delay and appreciate your patience.

Yeti

Jul 5 2007, 9:43 am

Technical issues? Or they just didn't pay their electricity bill?

berny

Jul 6 2007, 11:06 am

im looking at a pespex box with a perspex hamster wheel inside.

the hamster has yet to make an appearence.

it seems to be more PR than Science. some of the quotes from the MD come across like pure management marketing buzzword jargon crap blah. know what i mean?

"We don't expect to convince anyone with the demo straight off, it's more a sort of cat and mouse game. We'll see how people react and change it accordingly"? Steorn MD Sean McCarthy

jeremy

Jul 6 2007, 11:22 am

I always thought that treadmill for a hamster was wasted energy. He could power lighting for his cage for example.

He needs a picture of a bowl of hamster food at the front and a picture of a cat at the back.

(No hamsters were harmed in the writing of this post. Yet)

Yeti

Jul 6 2007, 11:25 am

Sean McCarthy? Perpetual energy?

Now if he invented a perpetually refilling Guinness. That's a killer app.

Tom17

Jul 6 2007, 11:28 am

Offtopic, but a perfect time to mention it...

I found a harmed Hamster in our keller last night. I found the owner, it had fallen from a 3rd floor balcony and obviously smashed in its hip/back leg and was running around terrified and dragging its rear around.

Poor thing :-(

edit: A friend suggested I pass this on to the owners... http://www.instructables.com/ComputerMouse

Tom17

Jul 6 2007, 3:32 pm

Now it is cancelled until further notice. Way to get some media coverage for nothing eh!

http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2007/07..._cancelled.html

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Further to Steorn’s announcement yesterday (5th July) regarding the technical difficulties experienced during the installation of its “Orbo�? technology at the Kinentica Museum in London, Steorn has decided to postpone the demonstration until further notice.

Sean McCarthy CEO stated that “technical problems arose during the installation of the demonstration unit in the display case on Wednesday evening. These problems were primarily due to excessive heat from the lighting in the main display area. Attempts to replace those parts affected by the heat led to further failures and as a result we have to postpone the public demonstration until a future date.�?

He continued that “we apologise for the inconvenience caused to all the people who had made arrangements to visit the demonstration or were planning on viewing the demonstration online.�?

Over the next few weeks the company will explore alternative dates for the public demonstration.

meckle

Jul 6 2007, 5:17 pm

Technical difficulties - translation - it doesn't work!

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