[bigOz]

Encouraged by the current Global Warming crisis, I am in need of a partner for an eco-friendly energy saving gadget I have developed. I have designed all the electrical circuitry required and a prototype is in progress. However, I have no idea about making the mechanical parts more efficient.

I intend to enter this gadget for a development and commercialisation award by Powergen-energylab.co.uk, currently on offer to the finalists of a competition based on energy saving ideas. There award is £50,000 plus expert advice/assistance in developing the product.

I willing to take on as a partner, anyone who can help me design more effficient mechanical parts for the gadget. Please let me know asap.

[Science_Geek]

Very Interesting! I may be able to help you but I need to know what the new invention is. Perhaps you can send me a private message - I have a feeling I know you!

[Lucien21]

I look forward to seeing it on a future episode of the "Dragon's Den".

[Melanie68]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

I look forward to seeing it on a future episode of the "Dragon's Den".

If anyone else doesn't know what Dragon's Den is:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/

I learn something new everyday.

[bigOz]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

I look forward to seeing it on a future episode of the "Dragon's Den".

No one in their right mind would expose an invention before developing a working prototype and patenting it! That, my friend, takes a lot of time and money.

In any case, any such gadget would not come cheap but will pay for itself few times over in the long run. It is ideal for those who wish to leave a habitable planet for our offspring - but how many of us really get sleepless nights because our beautiful planet is getting destroyed?

[bigOz]

Originally Posted by Science_Geek

Very Interesting! I may be able to help you but I need to know what the new invention is. Perhaps you can send me a private message - I have a feeling I know you!

Thank you for your interest, but I hope you understand why I cannot disclose details of my invention at this stage. If you can confirm you are confident and experienced enough to help - I shall be contacting you soon...

[bigOz]

Originally Posted by Science_Geek

Very Interesting! I may be able to help you but I need to know what the new invention is. Perhaps you can send me a private message - I have a feeling I know you!

OK! I am away for few days, so I guess I can tell you something to think about until I come back sometime next week...

It will produce energy by perpetual motion, created by another form of energy that comes free. I know its in riddles, but it will not use the usual gas, tides/waves, nuclear power, wind or solar energy.

The scale can be from the size of a small windmill to that of today's wind turbines. The mechanical parts will involve extensive use of cogs & wheels of appropriate sizes.

I will keep you informed of the developments.

[Hammerite]

its not semen is it?

[bulldog]

Originally Posted by Hammerite

its not semen is it?

I don't think was the "perpetual motion" he was referring to.

[Lucien21]

Free Engery machines and perpectual motion machines are impossible.

Breaks the laws of thermodynamics.

The Law of conservation of Engery states that in a closed system the total amount of energy cannot change. Wind/wave farms etc just convert Kinetic energy into mechanical energy and then into electricity however I doubt 100% of the energy is converted.

[Hammerite]

why dont they use an electrical powered fan to power everything and then it will be using electricity to make MORE electricity!

(pretty dumb, but its the best i could think of)

[Sage]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Free Energy machines and perpectual motion machines are impossible.

Breaks the laws of thermodynamics.

The Law of conservation of Energy states that in a closed system the total amount of energy cannot change. Wind/wave farms etc just convert Kinetic energy into mechanical energy and then into electricity however I doubt 100% of the energy is converted.

<50% is closer to the mark, depending on the system.

[Melanie68]

Ooooh, Physics.

*brain melts*

[bigOz]

Originally Posted by Hammerite

its not semen is it?

You have just ruined my next invention by exposing it to the world!!!

[bigOz]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Free Engery machines and perpectual motion machines are impossible.

Breaks the laws of thermodynamics.

The Law of conservation of Engery states that in a closed system the total amount of energy cannot change. Wind/wave farms etc just convert Kinetic energy into mechanical energy and then into electricity however I doubt 100% of the energy is converted.

No one is claiming the contrary. The key is: "to be able to convert a form of potential energy into kinetic energy so that electricity can be produced".

[Sage]

Originally Posted by bigOz

No one is claiming the contrary. The key is: "to be able to convert a form of potential energy into kinetic energy so that electricity can be produced".

The real key is to do so efficiently. Every cog, bearing, and wheel produces frictional losses, and every millimeter of circuitry produces resistance losses.

[Fairygdmther]

I saw a show on TV a very long time ago, that showed a glass of about 4 oz (120 ml) of water. What was discussed was that there was enough potential energy in that small amount of water to power the QE2 ocean liner. All we have to do is figure out how to harnass it. Efficiently, as Scott would say. Piece of cake, right?

FGM

[Lucien21]

Cold Fusion. The holy grail of energy guru's.

Can't be that hard Keannu Reeves cracked it.

[bigOz]

Originally Posted by Sage

The real key is to do so efficiently. Every cog, bearing, and wheel produces frictional losses, and every millimeter of circuitry produces resistance losses.

YES I agree! That was the exact point I was trying to make in my original post..

[bigOz]

Originally Posted by Lucien21

Free Engery machines and perpectual motion machines are impossible.

Breaks the laws of thermodynamics.

OK! Below is not my idea, but an example of what already exists. See what you think:

"Get Your Free Energy Here!
A firm in Dublin claims to have invented a technology that extracts "free energy" from magnetic fields...
According to AFP: "An Irish company has thrown down the gauntlet to the worldwide scientific community to test a technology it has developed that it claims produces free energy. The company, Steorn, says its discovery is based on the interaction of magnetic fields and allows the production of clean, free and constant energy -- a concept that challenges one of the basic rules of physics. It claims the technology can be used to supply energy for virtually all devices, from mobile phones to cars. Steorn issued its challenge through an advertisement in the Economist magazine this week."
"What we have developed is a way to construct magnetic fields so that when you travel round the magnetic fields, starting and stopping at the same position, you have gained energy," said Sean McCarthy, Steorn's chief executive officer. "The energy isn't being converted from any other source such as the energy within the magnet. It's literally created. Once the technology operates it provides a constant stream of clean energy," he told Ireland's RTE radio.
OK, all you perpetual-motion machine debunkers and believers out there, here's your latest chance to prove whether you can literally get something for nothing.
Check out Steorn's Web site: steorn.net"...