An Irish Engineer has reportedly produced the answer to ''perpetual Motion'' is this possible?

Question

The irish have a reputation for being 'Thick' (hence the Irish jokes)
however, most of the Irsh people I have met have a far above average IQ. If this invention proves to be a disaster I can see the humiliation the irish people will go through so wonder if it was a good idea for the inventor to come out with the idea until it had been assesed and tested by the recognised authority.

Answer 1

YES, and the following is from Wikipedia

"Just how impossible is impossible?

Scientists and engineers accept the possibility that the current understanding of the laws of physics may be incomplete or incorrect; a perpetual motion device may not be impossible, but overwhelming evidence would be required to justify rewriting the laws of physics."

the top Scientists and Engineers agree that the laws of science as they know it, maybe wrong and some may even be missing.

the Irish guy is using magnets, and i wouldn't waste my time with magnets, they can break, and de-magnetize things and then you have to replace them or what they erased.

Answer 2

Are you asking about the Irish or "perpetual motion machine"?

At least since the time of Da Vinci and Michael Angelo, written records show that men have tried to invent a machine that has an efficiency greater than 100%. According to the laws of physics, this is impossible.

However, many things that were considered impossible in science have been done, thus setting a new outlook. Maybe, the "perpetual motion machine" will be invented in the near future.
When that happens, the world economy will become vastly different from what it is today. A free source of energy?

Answer 3

This is about the millionth claim someone has made to have invented such a device. Most probably, they are simply incompetent for not being able to identify the mechanism by which their measurements of generator efficiency are being corrupted.

The chance there is some new physics going on which makes normal measurements of generator efficiency invalid is small but non-zero. Some reasonable people still believe "cold fusion" may actually rarely occur (on an atomic level) in the tests, causing occasional blips in the data.

Worst case, Steorn is just looking for publicity any way possible. Doubt this. Cavuto interviewed a rep a few nights ago, and he seemed highly competent and very careful with his choice of words regarding what they had discovered.

Bottom line, such a discovery would be much more important than simply solving our energy woes. It would wreck our understanding of physics on a fundamental level. Not gonna happen.

Answer 4

A genuine perpetual motion machine is impossible based on laws of physics that our whole existence hinges on. That is, all motion has to do work, and all work results in energy loss.

However, you could, in theory, run a machine on some energy source that is not evident to the observer. Modern physics tells us that energy exists in "empty space" and comes into being all the time. You might somehow tap into this and drive a machine with it. This wouldn't be true perpetual motion - once that energy source was cut off, the machine would stop. But it would be "free" energy in that it would use no identifiable physical resource.

Don't hold your breath waiting for it to happen though.

And I wouldn't lose too much sleep about the impact of the claim on the Irish; they've shown many times that they can look after themselves OK.

Answer 5

Perpetual motion, if at all possible, suggests that energy is being created in a circular fashion with no breaks or endings. MY understanding is that is against the laws of nature and the universe. I am aware that the second law of thermodynamics suggests that energy can neither be created nor destroyed but merely changed from one form to another. I once heard that first you invent a perpetual motion machine and then give it a job to do! That means energy needs to be created ( up and above what is already available ) and that is against the laws of nature. Perpetual motion, I suggest, is seemingly possible where running losses are low ( i.e. friction ) but will always depend on a seemingly endless supply of something or other i.e. sunlight, fluids ......I have the view that perpetual motion is of no use unless it works for man, but as above that simply cannot happen. We've all seen the nodding plastic duck that bobs in and out of a glass of water but that motion is simply not perpetual ... just lasts a fair time. So is it possible ... no! After all, life is not eternal ..... and to live our life, we have to eventually give that very gift of life back ..... that is the price we pay. So with all other 'motions' .. they all die at sometime ....

Answer 6

Actual theory says that is impossible, but there is a lot of things to learn about Dogmas. This irish has a lot of patents and also have good reputation.

Fly were impossible. Reach India through ocean were impossible. There is no perfection and it apply to rules.
There are another renewed USA physician that applied classical atomic theory instead of well accepted quantum atomic theory and he reached quite interesting results (now he is fighting against Scientists community to accept it) - his work an also change our world

We will see.

Answer 7

its not possible since the efficiency of motors are never 100%. The energy input will always be less or in the best case equal to the energy output (if efficiency is 100%) but never more.

perpetual motion is the input of energy to run a motor to spin a turbine. The turbine generates the electricity to power the motor plus some. This will never work since the motor is not 100% efficient some of the energy input into it is lost as heat. Same goes for the turbine.

Answer 8

Perpetual motion is impossible, energy only ever changes it doesn't just come out of nowhere, you need an input and you will always get the same output, can occur in all forms of energy though.

Answer 9

Its not perpetual motion.

There in an additional power source involved, namely the magnets themselves. They last in the region of 30 years before having to be replaced.

In one sense its no diferent to any other power generation we do at the moment, (convert one sort of energy to another).

Answer 10

As far as i know it has been long before proved that perpetual motion is impossible. Ä°f this has been so we wouldn't need petrol any more to run our cars:)