Engadget http://www.engadget.com Engadget http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif Engadget http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Georgia Tech engineers pull energy out of atmospheric hat, go on electromagnetic scavenger hunt]]>http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/11/georgia-tech-engineers-pull-energy-out-of-atmospheric-hat-go-on/http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/11/georgia-tech-engineers-pull-energy-out-of-atmospheric-hat-go-on/http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/11/georgia-tech-engineers-pull-energy-out-of-atmospheric-hat-go-on/#comments Mankind's about to plunge into the depths of a wireless sensor-powering ether binge -- braincell annihilating vapors not included. Spearheaded by Georgia Institute of Technology's professor Manos Tentzeris and his engineering team, this ambient energy scavenging tech harnesses electromagnetic frequencies in the 100MHz - 15GHz range -- anything from your FM car radio to radar -- and converts it into a useable DC power source. So, it's free energy -- kind of. The cheap, self-powering paper or flexible polymer-based sensors are created using standard inkjet printers and Tentzeris' "unique in-house recipe" of circuit-building silver nanoparticles. Current testing hasn't yet yielded significant enough wattage to power your PS3 Slim, but it could soon via the help of supercapacitors and future solar cell integration. Imagine clothing embedded with health-monitoring biometric sensors, airport security run by something other than aloof TSA agents, or even spoilage-aware drink cartons -- milk that tells you when it's gone sour. The invisible radio band-charged possibilities are endless, but with storage still in the microwatt to one milliwatt range, it's more concept than solid vaporware reality.

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Georgia Tech engineers pull energy out of atmospheric hat, go on electromagnetic scavenger hunt originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With Steorn's track record, you'd think that the company wouldn't be in such a hurry to put its "free energy" technology under a microscope. Then again, maybe once it has your €399 (roughly $550) your thoughts on the subject really aren't that important anyways. Regardless, we're a wee bit skeptical of anyone who claims to have made a miraculous scientific breakthrough, refuses to explain said scientific breakthrough, and then asks you to cut them a check. But maybe you're a more trustworthy type: In that case, to build an Orbo device for yourself and access to the Steorn Knowledge Development Base, hit the source link. But don't say we didn't warn you.

Steorn peddles Orbo development kit, snake oil optional originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Oct 2010 20:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Once again, Steorn promises to finally prove that free, clean, and constant energy can be produced by its Orbo technology -- principle of the conservation of energy be damned! -- on a webcast this upcoming Saturday. Of course, they might have similarly proven their point during a previous web event... or maybe they haven't. At this point, we've heard so many outlandish claims that we're having a hard time keeping 'em straight, but we've never been one to turn down a gratis comedy show after a hard day's night. Tune in if you find yourself in the mood for a chuckle. Or don't. Chances are you won't miss much anything.

Steorn livestream to settle the case for overunity once and for all... or something like that originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>crazyfree energyFreeEnergyorboperpetual motionperpetual motion machinePerpetualMotionPerpetualMotionMachinesteornSteorn OrboSteornOrboMon, 25 Jan 2010 21:58:00 EST<![CDATA[Steorn Orbo livestream begins: Look, fairies!]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/steorn-orbo-livestream-begins-look-fairies/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/steorn-orbo-livestream-begins-look-fairies/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/steorn-orbo-livestream-begins-look-fairies/#comments We're not going to spend any more time on this than absolutely necessary. After all, Steorn's claims haven't changed a bit in the three years since the histrionics began. But we will point you to Steorn's live free energy demonstration so that you can ponder for yourselves how Orbo "uses magnets to gain energy" on a trio of live cams. If you look closely, you might even see a leprechaun dancing after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Steorn Orbo livestream begins: Look, fairies! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>energyfree energyFreeEnergymagnetmagneticorboscamsteornTue, 15 Dec 2009 03:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Steorn invites us to 'get real' with fairy-powered Orbo free energy device, we invite it to do the same (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/steorn-invites-us-to-get-real-with-fairy-powered-orbo-free-en/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/steorn-invites-us-to-get-real-with-fairy-powered-orbo-free-en/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/steorn-invites-us-to-get-real-with-fairy-powered-orbo-free-en/#commentsSteorn invites you to 'get real' with fairy-powered Orbo free energy device, we invite it to do the same Oh, Steorn, how we've missed you. The company rushed onto the scene in the summer of 2007 promising free energy for all, then said "we screwed up" when its demonstration failed to show anything but red faces. Naturally the screw-up wasn't thanks to an ill-advised attempt to break the laws of physics, instead blamed on a bearing failure. Now, coffers filled again after assuredly brisk sales of USB-powered divining rods, the company has rented another demonstration space, this time in Dublin. In the promotional video below Steorn pledges that this week things will "get real" by mocking those who have mocked the company, including our very own reference to power divined from the Fay and other mythical sources. We're going to firmly stand by our disbelief -- but to say that we're jazzed about the prospect of another exciting demonstration would be a huge understatement.

[Thanks, Chris]

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Steorn invites us to 'get real' with fairy-powered Orbo free energy device, we invite it to do the same (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The last time we heard from Steorn, the company had just joined a long line of optimistic but doomed people and companies unable to actually demo free-energy tech when put the test -- and although the Orbo didn't actually do anything, CEO Sean McCarthy promised us that we'd eventually get a working demo with physical access to the device. Well, it's over a year later, and Steorn's back -- with no demo in sight. Shocking! Instead, the company's selling SteornLab testing equipment to other organizations working on magic fairy-power rotary and magnetic systems, and it's also got plans to sell something called "ZeroF passive magnetic bearings" later this year -- we'd assume ZeroF means "zero friction," which is nicely impossible and totally in line with basically everything Steorn stands for. To convince you that this isn't all an elaborate sham, Steorn's also setting up the "SKDB," a knowledge base containing all the secrets of the Orbo, which will initially be open to 300 engineers and then sometime later to the general public. This, of course, sounds like an elaborate sham. Here's a hint, guys -- instead of the cheesy video of people sitting around talking about the Orbo, maybe shoot a video of it actually producing more power than it uses. Or, you know, admit the truth. Whatever works for you.

[Thanks, Yury]

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Steorn returns, promises to open Orbo specs, give you a pony originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With another steaming pile of cryptic sayings, Archer Quinn is officially bidding his all-too-entertaining free energy project farewell. From what we can gather, he's decided that the problem of free energy is really too simple to warrant his time and effort -- we're all "monkeys" who let The Man keep us down with Newton's outdated laws of physics. "You look but you do not see, you hear but you do not listen. Your planet is crap because you are all monkeys." Can't argue with that logic. Farewell Archer, our time spent attempting to decipher your cryptic sayings was cut all too short. Please start a blog.

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Archer Quinn calls it quits: "You may have been able to prevent the straw from falling, maybe not." originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Archer Quinn promised the world a working demonstration of his homemade free energy device called the "Sword of God" by June 20th, but it looks like we're getting a sneak peek a little early: Quinn's detailing the build on his blog, and it's just about as pigs-in-trousers insane as you'd expect. It's hard to even pick one quote as an example here -- Quinn rails on about how he destroyed his first machine because he didn't want Arab nations to starve without oil money but then a picture of Dubai's opulence changed his mind, how "gravity wheels" are perpetual motion machines, how Nikola Tesla presented BS theories, how Australian Nazis are reading his email, and on and on. Most importantly, however, he continues to update on how his project is going. We're not sure if he's done yet or what (it's not exactly easy to follow) but it looks like something's ready -- anyone want to bet if it works? We also have a very nice bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

[Thanks, Curt]

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Archer Quinn documenting his free energy project, descent into madness originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 May 2008 20:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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See that scary man? That there is Archer Quinn, self-proclaimed savior of mankind. He's prepping a free energy device that he plans to unveil on June 20th of this year, on which date he predicts "the oil reign and those who governed by their money and crushed the people by the taxes and control of the most basic of needs shall be put down for all time." Yeah, pretty wild stuff. And if that wasn't enough, he's decided to nickname his gravity-based device the "Sword of God." His prior experience involves some sort of "thermal accelerator" (pictured) and a myriad of other inventions, so he doesn't seem to think breaking Newton's laws should be much of a problem. Guess it won't take long to find out. This should be a fun one.

[Thanks Chris; via FE Truth]

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Another "free energy" crazy surfaces, promises solution to all world ills by June 20th originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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EcoWatts and its fake free energy gadget is back in the limelight again, with the BBC Breakfast Show falling hook, line, and sinker in an interview with the company's "CEO" Paul Calver. Calver stated that "we're still getting to the question of why it works," explaining to a BBC presenter his bewilderment at his very own creation. The response from the interviewer? "The point is it does." Unfortunately, the point is that it almost certainly doesn't. Ben Goldacre used his excellent Bad Science Guardian column this week to dig up some dirt on the dodgy company, and managed to find a scientist who gave his stamp of approval to a similar free energy gadget four years back: "Using the apparatus provided, it's true, this scientist could get incredible results: the meters would read zero, and yet water would boil in around five minutes. Because the meters provided weren't working." The company that provided this former gadget along with the "broken" meters? EcoWatts.

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EcoWatts "free energy" device rebuffed, BBC falls for it originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We don't want to take this seriously, so we won't. Another company has claimed to have produced a device that produces more energy than is put in, which --we shouldn't have to tell you -- is impossible. The Daily Mail is the dumb -- but actually kinda clever, 'cause they'll get lots of readers, and they don't mind bending the truth -- deliverer this time, adding some kind of twisted authority to the "news." The company behind the free publicity is called EcoWatts, who are apparently keen to sell their £1,500-2,000 white tube thing to homeowners, with the aim of reducing their electricity bill (and not solving all the world's energy problems in one fell swoop, apparently.) Altogether now: "ughhh."

[Thanks, Alan]

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Steorn redux: more mad "scientists" tout free energy gadget originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Daily MailDailyMailFakeFree energyFreeEnergyHoaxPerpetual EnergyPerpetualEnergySun, 16 Sep 2007 16:56:00 EST<![CDATA[Steorn teases with a reveal date: Friday, April 13th]]>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/steorn-teases-with-a-reveal-date-friday-april-13th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/steorn-teases-with-a-reveal-date-friday-april-13th/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/10/steorn-teases-with-a-reveal-date-friday-april-13th/#commentsWe're going to try and not read too much into this whole Friday the 13th date, and just give you the straight facts: Steorn promises to be "releasing the update on the Jury process and so on" of its seemingly first-law-of-thermodynamics-denying Orbo "free energy" product on April 13th. Steorn has been promising technical information about the invention and jury results for a while now, originally saying "first quarter" 2007. So if we use our imaginations -- as we apparently are exercising to the fullest to even entertain Steorn's Orbo claims -- we can just pretend April 13th is still Q1 and sit tight for the (hopefully) big reveal.

[Via Steorn Orbo, thanks Phil]

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Steorn teases with a reveal date: Friday, April 13th originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:52:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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