As a Steorn Non Disclosure Agreement signatory and knowledgeable insider, I have a few comments:
The energy in the battery does not go to the kinetic energy of the rotor, it is used as an easy way to modify some parameters of the device. Steorn does have all permanent magnet motors ( so they claim ), but it's much easier to adjust parameters with some electric currents than mechanically moving parts around or changing magnetic alloys. I understand the principle of the demo units, and it makes sense to me, and I've done several experiments to demonstrate the effect. The engineers at Steorn are not stupid, in fact they show extraordinary skills and understanding of physics and electrical engineering. I think they have other much more effective embodyments that haven't been revealed yet. Their strategy is rather bizarre, but in a way I think it is ingenious for many reasons (speculative): They must prove that their techniques are not "obvious to anyone skilled in the art" for patentability, even though they are extremely simple. They have released many clues over the years, and still no one has conclusively made a self runner ( except one person who was unable to repeat his experiment after trying to optimize it ). They must avoid serious attention of the "Men In Black". This is a delicate balancing act. They would like parties to sign contracts before they understand that the principles are simple and they could've used them anyway. Sean McCarthy wants the skeptics to "shoot their load" and get that stuff over with at the beginning. He's having fun thumbing his nose at them (as am I). Half baked thoughts: There's a mass-consciousness tendency to avoid new things and it's hard to override it. In a way it's not "playing the game" to suddenly change the rules of the game in the middle, and in a way I agree that it's not fair to do that to folks who are happy playing the game the way it is, but on the other hand, I love disturbing the status quo :-) . History shows other examples of "changing the game" as I think Jed has shown he is an expert on that phenomenon. Here are some hints about the technology: http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014630o-2000331777b,00.htm Hoyt Stearns Scottsdale, Arizona US http://HoytStearns.com -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:48 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Vo]:Steorn Demo Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: >Is there any evidence that they're not a scam? Well . . . the fact that they publish what appears to be a full schematic and it includes the battery is weak evidence that they believe what they say. Scammers hide the details. Assuming it does not work, a motivated person could build one from the schematic and prove conclusively that it does not work, by various methods discussed here...
