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Perpetual Motion Machine

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#1 ·
I think since this site is a DIY site, why not solve the world's energy problem and let's get together and create a perpetual motion machine? I have an idea that may just work, but I need someone good at numbers to see if it'd be worth the trouble of building the prototype. (Willie T? wanna challenge? Nestor Kelebay? Want to unretire?)
I've done sketches and I see no reason why my design won't work.
No fuel burned, no electricity needed, etc. So.... anyone want to play?

DM
 
#57 ·
No one can invent that, some one might discover it or figure out how to use something already available. Nothing is free even if it is free, it cost money to build.

Like solar, water, tides, magnetic north, thermal heat from the ground . It all depends on how much you want to pay for free things.
 
#70 ·
here is a thought experiment. there's no such thing as perpetual motion, i agree with this. .. you can take energy from one source, convert it and apply it to a second load. like taking petrolum in a gas tank and using it in a combustion engine to move the car down the road. when energy changes form, work has been done (that's the proper relationship between energy & power). because you always take from the source the source of energy is depleted, in one way or the other this always happens and so perpetual motion is not possible. BUT what if that source came from an area that has no human impact? the source does not belong to our 3D world? i.e. what if the source of energy was time itself? if you took some time as energy, would you as a human even notice? no. so from your perspective, it looks like a perpetual source of free energy.. what's an example of this? the electron (which nobody has ever actually seen). it is constantly in motion AND constantly imparting motion into other electrons (like charges repel). that's EM energy coverting into kinetic energy, and that means work has been done. CONSTANTLY and without ANY observable (to the human) input energy. so there's your access to the perpetual source. the electron. i.e. potential energy. not voltage, you want the potential energy. voltage is potential energy with respect to something else... if you remove the "with respect to" you are left only with the potential (a collection of electrons). how do you create this collection of electrons so you can experiment with it? Charge an inductor and then suddenly open circuit it. now i have brought it to the practical area where its easy to have nay-sayers rebuff with any sort of argument. just ignore it. build the machine, costs less than $100. see for yourself... you can turn this sudden collection of potential energy into motion, that's possible. easy to do using common materials, less than $100. takes about 2 days to build the first one cause you slow, the 2nd machine takes about an hour.
 
#75 ·
Just a couple of observations , trying to be honest & factual . Read whatever "snark" into them you want :

1. You are either the most ingenious man since Da Vinci (actually BEFORE old Leo :biggrin2:) , or a trolling "leg-puller" . I try not to judge people .

2. If the former , you should consider more practical options than begging for free use of someone's shop . It makes you sound like the latter .
Either :
a. Find a way to acquire the equipment you need . If you have to buy it , you can always sell it .

b. Hire the machining done .

c. Get a partner

I've been working on an invention for a little over 2 years . It won't change the laws of science like yours would , but I hope to patent it .

If this is as much of a sure thing as you seem to be convinced it is , you will literally have money to burn !
 
#76 ·
I marvel at the human need to believe. The urge to know something no-one else knows. To be part of a secret inner circle of true believers, up against the unwashed masses of the uninformed. As a student of human nature, I find this theme runs deep, behind almost all of the scams, swindles, cults, chain letters, robocalls, and mystical fakers which have plagued our world forever.

I try to accept that, somehow, this behavior has been bred into us for a reason. I try not to judge. But if anyone ever wanted to find out how susceptible they are to it, I propose a simple test:

Shine some light on your theory. If it's true, it'll stand the tests of logic, further research and peer review. There is no evil cabal of scientists. New ideas are encouraged, and the best minds get to work on proving or disproving them. A new energy source of any kind would be a breakthrough that all humanity would be thankful for.

And remember, people far smarter than anyone here have sought mysterious and magical forces for thousands of generations. I strongly doubt anyone reading this knows more than all of these minds combined. But hey, maybe you got lucky. Let's hear what you've got, and put it to the test. The dark lords of whatever conspiracy you're up against can't get all of us!
 
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