Steorn
The single biggest thing on my internet radar, the one story I can't get enough of, is that of Irish technology company Steorn (thanks to Ben for the heads up). Basically, Steorn claim to have created a machine that creates energy using magnets. In simple terms, this is absolutely scientifically impossible. The First Law of Thermodynamics states that enery cannot be created nor destroyed, but can only change state. If (and it's a very, very big if) Steorn's claim is true, this would be a truly world-changing invention. Pretty much every scientist in the world has debunked this claim, since it flies in the face of scientific common knowledge.
I choose to remain more open minded, however. Let's not forget that pretty much every major discovery and invention in history has been met with some amount of ridicule, so there would be nothing new here if this thing actually turns out to work.
Anyway, take a look at this interview with Steorn's CEO. If it is a fraud or a hoax, then it's pretty convincing!
I choose to remain more open minded, however. Let's not forget that pretty much every major discovery and invention in history has been met with some amount of ridicule, so there would be nothing new here if this thing actually turns out to work.
Anyway, take a look at this interview with Steorn's CEO. If it is a fraud or a hoax, then it's pretty convincing!
3 Comments:
The pessimist side of me is thinking the hype is building this up to be something its not. It has baffled me how these guys from Ireland have pretty much invented the impossible.
On the other side, I'm not completely discarding it. If what they say is true and the scientific outcome proves so, this could mean one of the biggest scientific discoveries ever! Think of the possibilities...
Let's not forget that pretty much every major discovery and invention that fell on it's face and was a load of crap, has been met with some amount of ridicule ;-)
Don't you just love cut and paste.
Ben
hahaha... fair comment ;)
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