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more about #freeenergy infmom: And here all the broadcasters are just wasting that energy lighting up the fluorescent lights in their building without having to turn on the light sw... more » LastError: Wireless power has been a proven concept since Nikolai Tesla played with it. The problem is that the utility companies could never figure out how to ... more » TuxRug: I remember I once made an AM radio from a kit that used no batteries, just the antenna and a ground wire clipped to the floor vent. more » Trond Aasland: Anyone interested in this should check out the latest episode of the BBC show Bang Goes the Theory, where they demonstrate wireless power by a) flying... more » Monty: Anyone who has ever been under an FM or AM broadcasting antenna (the AM ones are the really tall ones) during the winter will know how the amount of p... more » ColonelGentleman: This is a cool proof of concept, but 20% efficiency drop off at 1 meter? I'd love to know how much power you could get a couple miles from a tower, w... more » anexanhume: The broadcasting station will feel the burden if the harvested EM waves cause a legitimate viewer to not receive a signal. Some may buy a better anten... more » GitEmSteveDave_ My Brute Dojo Code CDIAFIFE: I guess they should have learned that the laws of the Simpson house apply to the labs they tested their device in: more » Kaiser-Machead: Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this - partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they di... more » Heliophage: What was the point of volunteering to have it peer reviewed if you knew it didn't work? Was their goal to waste people's time? more » OMG! Ponies!: GUILTY! GUILTY! GUILTY! Have fun in the Phantom Zone, Steorn! Send Zod my love. more » closhedbb: Damn those laws of thermodynamics! Always getting in the way of teh progress! more » -
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Yes, There Is Such a Thing as "Free" Energy
Perpetual motion machines are a thing of fantasy/delusion, but there's a lot of energy floating around that doesn't cost anything to harvest. The calculator and weather station shown here run off of microwaves from that TV tower in the distance. More » -
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Independent Jury Rules On Steorn's Free Energy Machine: Guilty (Of Not Working)
Remember how Steorn, the company who built, hyped, then failed to demonstrate the Orb free energy machine, convened a hand-selected "jury" to evaluate the technology? No? Well, anyway, they've disbanded, unanimously unconvinced. More »
