Steorn's Orbo "free-energy" machine demonstrated tomorrow!

engadget.com — Here we go, after months of doubt over claims of a magnetic machine promising "infinite clean energy," Steorn will be putting their wares on display for public scrutiny in London. A physics defying perpetual machine, if you will. Starting tomorrow, the Kinetica museum will host the Orbo device for a ten day long public demonstration of the technolo Jul 4, 2007 View in Crawl 4

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myonosken Jul 4, 2007

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Oh well. If it f**ks up you can always bomb London for bringing shame on you.:P

terr01 Jul 5, 2007

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"We will never discover that the laws of thermodynamics are utterly wrong."I think this Orbo thing is pure flimflam, but I must disagree with that statement. Sure, "Utterly" leaves a lot of wiggle room ("Your physics is only MOSTLY dead...") but I am certain we will find variations and elaborations and specific exceptions to the basic principle which will allow things that would be dismissed as impossible today.Sort of like how we had to abandon the idea of one universal frame of reference, or that atoms really were atomic.

thecompkid Jul 5, 2007

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Ok, I definitely see your point, but I can't imagine that this free energy thing will ever be as big as the oil industry, even if it does replace oil. Especially considering the way they seem to be willing to license the technology to just about anyone. Why pay an electricity company when you can run your own power station in your back yard?That being said, i'm extremely skeptical that this thing is even close to real.

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