Really, do we have anything to lose other than our morale if we keep hope in this man? Summer around the corner.. gas prices are only expected to go up, up, and away.
Actually if you read the article, I didn't read it all, he starts telling you how you can make it, but he leaves out critical information so that nobody can patent it. He plans on making it so nobody can patent it by lending it to a friend. So that the entire world can have it. Of course, it will fail, so nobody will want one.
Hey here's an idea. DO NOT TRY TO BOTTLE IT UP WITH EXCLUSIVE PATENTS. DECENTRALIZE THE KNOWLEDGE AND YOU WON'T BECOME A TARGET.
Start spreading it on torrent sites. Put up popular movies to share, and make sure all you details/plans in the same folder. After one quick weekend you spread it to thousands of people, who will continue spreading it. Then you become irrelevant as your death won't mean the end of the knowledge you contain. THINK SMART.
What if someone came out with a device that drew unlimited energy from the constant motion of atoms present in the surrounding environment. You would probably call it a free energy device, but it would be based off sound science (which simply hadn't been publicly documented up to that point).
You people sound like idiots screaming and whining about impossibilities. Go back 50 years and tell them what you KNOW to be possible with nano-technology, and they would laugh your ass into a mental institute. In 100 years, people will be taking things for granted that you couldn't even dream could ever exist. Again, you all sound like morons.
Nikola, what your explaining is thermal energy. The only way his device can work is if he manages to tap into another force/dimension that no scientist has yet to discover.
He also insults on of my favorite scientists that happens to share your name, so he's doubly lame.
Furthermore, the vibration of atoms and molecules is NOT unlimited, so you would not be able "drew unlimited energy from the constant motion of atoms present in the surrounding environment". There would be a limit to it.
A good example of the type of technology you are theorizing about is called a steam engine. It takes heat from the surrounding area (especially the burner), and uses that thermal energy (caused by the movement of atoms) to make water evaporate (this occurs because of the increased speed of the vibration of the water molecules). This in turn, causes pressure which can then be converted into kinetic energy by a turbine of some sort, or by pistons.
Congratulations on inventing a steam engine! You've only figured it out 300+ years after Thomas Savery.
When you "harvest" energy from the movement of atoms, you know what that's called? Cooling it off. There is a limit to how cold things can get. It's called absolute zero. It is the point at which all molecular movement theoretically stops. Because there is a limit to how cold something can get, there's a limit to how much thermal energy you can take out of it. And because there's a limit to how much thermal energy you can take out of it, it is not an eternal, unlimited supply of energy.
Please go take a physics course so you can learn about thermodynamics. Then we wouldn't have to hear you spewing utter bullsh!t out of your ass about the "unlimited energy from the constant motion of atoms" before calling us morons for knowing the slightest thing about rudimentary physics.
You idiots, I was just using that as an EXAMPLE. I doubt any of you can even program a DVR, let alone comprehend the mechanics of extracting energy from the movement of atoms. Sorry, this is like going back 200 years and trying to debate nuclear fusion. You don't know what you don't know.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SiLo @ May 5th 2008 8:50PM
Really, do we have anything to lose other than our morale if we keep hope in this man? Summer around the corner.. gas prices are only expected to go up, up, and away.
Jordan @ May 5th 2008 8:55PM
We have our pride, ego, and sanity to lose.
Jordan @ May 5th 2008 8:55PM
We have our pride, ego, and sanity to lose.
Rafer @ May 5th 2008 8:55PM
YOULL SEE HE WILL BE THE ONE TO GET IT... AND HE WONT SHARE IT WITH YOU. HAHAHHAHAHa
Jordan @ May 5th 2008 9:13PM
Actually if you read the article, I didn't read it all, he starts telling you how you can make it, but he leaves out critical information so that nobody can patent it. He plans on making it so nobody can patent it by lending it to a friend. So that the entire world can have it. Of course, it will fail, so nobody will want one.
Sachin @ May 5th 2008 9:37PM
Thanks, Engadget. I had nightmares about this picture the first time you put it up.
And they said things are always better the second time around.
nikola @ May 6th 2008 12:03AM
Hey here's an idea. DO NOT TRY TO BOTTLE IT UP WITH EXCLUSIVE PATENTS. DECENTRALIZE THE KNOWLEDGE AND YOU WON'T BECOME A TARGET.
Start spreading it on torrent sites. Put up popular movies to share, and make sure all you details/plans in the same folder. After one quick weekend you spread it to thousands of people, who will continue spreading it. Then you become irrelevant as your death won't mean the end of the knowledge you contain. THINK SMART.
nikola @ May 6th 2008 12:25AM
What if someone came out with a device that drew unlimited energy from the constant motion of atoms present in the surrounding environment. You would probably call it a free energy device, but it would be based off sound science (which simply hadn't been publicly documented up to that point).
You people sound like idiots screaming and whining about impossibilities. Go back 50 years and tell them what you KNOW to be possible with nano-technology, and they would laugh your ass into a mental institute. In 100 years, people will be taking things for granted that you couldn't even dream could ever exist. Again, you all sound like morons.
Reader @ May 6th 2008 2:01AM
Nikola, what your explaining is thermal energy. The only way his device can work is if he manages to tap into another force/dimension that no scientist has yet to discover.
He also insults on of my favorite scientists that happens to share your name, so he's doubly lame.
Bobs @ May 6th 2008 3:22AM
I say we use a tesla coil on his nuts, so his insanity cant spread to the alredy stupid.
d840 @ May 6th 2008 5:42AM
@ Nikola:
Reader is right, the vibration of atoms is commonly known as thermal energy or as Internal Energy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_energy)
Furthermore, the vibration of atoms and molecules is NOT unlimited, so you would not be able "drew unlimited energy from the constant motion of atoms present in the surrounding environment". There would be a limit to it.
A good example of the type of technology you are theorizing about is called a steam engine. It takes heat from the surrounding area (especially the burner), and uses that thermal energy (caused by the movement of atoms) to make water evaporate (this occurs because of the increased speed of the vibration of the water molecules). This in turn, causes pressure which can then be converted into kinetic energy by a turbine of some sort, or by pistons.
Congratulations on inventing a steam engine! You've only figured it out 300+ years after Thomas Savery.
When you "harvest" energy from the movement of atoms, you know what that's called? Cooling it off. There is a limit to how cold things can get. It's called absolute zero. It is the point at which all molecular movement theoretically stops. Because there is a limit to how cold something can get, there's a limit to how much thermal energy you can take out of it. And because there's a limit to how much thermal energy you can take out of it, it is not an eternal, unlimited supply of energy.
Please go take a physics course so you can learn about thermodynamics. Then we wouldn't have to hear you spewing utter bullsh!t out of your ass about the "unlimited energy from the constant motion of atoms" before calling us morons for knowing the slightest thing about rudimentary physics.
Mike10010100 @ May 6th 2008 6:12AM
@ d840
...Or 2000 years after Hero. (The FIRST steam turbine, even if it was only a toy)
nikola @ May 8th 2008 7:26AM
You idiots, I was just using that as an EXAMPLE. I doubt any of you can even program a DVR, let alone comprehend the mechanics of extracting energy from the movement of atoms. Sorry, this is like going back 200 years and trying to debate nuclear fusion. You don't know what you don't know.