Gravity is most likely the power going into it, it says it's "Gravity-powered."Soylent Bacon said:I'm no physicist, but I think this is technically consuming kinetic energy. This consumes more electricity than it produces, not energy in general. Even if I'm getting that wrong, I have a strong feeling there is some amount of energy going into this that wasn't considered, detected, or explained correctly.
If it were just a theory of thermodynamics, I might believe in an invention that disproves it, but I doubt an established scientific law is going to be disproved by something like this. I'll believe it if various credible physicists start to accept this claim after careful observation and calculation.
Still, looks pretty damn cool, as well as useful.
except as it keeps going round it would have to use the same amount of energy to get back to the top of its path and since it apparently creates energy then it carnt "just" be 100% energy efficentMimsofthedawg said:it uses the power of gravity. In otherwords, it's not creating new energy, it's utilizing energy around it.ChocoFace said:First, let's recite the first rule of thermodynamics, shall we? It says that neither matter nor energy can be created or destroyed. Energy can be changed, moved, controlled, stored, or dissipated, but it cannot be produced from nothing or reduced to nothing. I guess the inventor of this machine didn't learn physics well enough in school, or something.
Dubbed the Alpha Omega Galaxy Freefall Generator, this device uses the power of gravity to produce more electricity than it consumes through perpetual motion.
This is what it looks like. It's mostly made from standard, run-of-the-mill bicycle parts (also the reason it cannot fully be patented) and uses a windscreen-washer motor. The inventor, a Somerset engineer, whose name isn't included in the article, predicts a fully commercial version of this could power a house.
link is here, with some extra clarification and a nifty video, as i'm sure this needs to be seen to be believed.
http://www.infoniac.com/hi-tech/latest-invention-perpetual-motion-device-that-produces-power-from-gravity.html
So, raise of hands - energy crisis solved or not? Also it's name. Just, wow.
Your statement is like saying "Solar panels, using the power of the sun, make their own power completely free from the influences of other power sources!"
Ahem... POWER OF THE SUN.