Perpetual Motion

SarcasticWalnuts Says:

Nov 24, 2008 - but wouldn't the track and even the ball wear ut over time?

69gothix69 Says:

Nov 25, 2008 - Well we cant make energy out of nothing (we'll have to break law of conservation of energy). And the ball will eventually stop due to air resistance...

naflodi Says:

Nov 26, 2008 - this is not a closed system. Coriolis acceleration could power it.

greenhorse176 Says:

Nov 27, 2008 - but that is actually gravitational energy

unsigned08 Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - ok so lets say it can produce energy as is rolls around the track...eeveen if it eeveentually stops u just give it a lil roll and it keeeps on going correct?

dablackdon Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - I love the innovation and the idea of free energy (perpetual motion) machines. So cool! I actually used to practice solving these free energy puzzles as a kid. ;-)

heyhonobodyhome Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - its not perpetual, nothing is, but its still pretty cool, especially if it really has been going on for monthsif they haven't already, i bet making that container a vacuum would help alot, even though it would be hard

reconditas Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - mutuo perpetúo é impossivel, em algum momento essa bola vai parar ,que se pode fazer é, prolongar o tempo que a bola fica girando .

ckyfan8291 Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - all it is is a magnetic track that pulls the ball forward, uses a timing mech., not perp. motion...

DragonMasterMarf Says:

Nov 28, 2008 - There are no truly closed systems except for the universe itself (maybe not even that).There is bound to be heat radiation from friction. We can hear sound waves. There is energy being lost, and you can't create energy from nothing, and because of this it will come to a stop.

LukeSkyscraper Says:

Nov 29, 2008 - No, it's not a closed system :) but for the purposes of my explanation it could be considered one. There's friction between the ball and the rails, between the ball and any air present, there's sound waves being given off, I dare say even temperature variations will have an effect (clock pendulums are often designed to compensate for temperature variation to maintain length) all manner of things could be having minute but significant effects over time.

timmy334 Says:

Nov 29, 2008 - I agree. Making it a vacuum would increase the life of it considerably. If you remove the air friction, that's one less factor working against it. Also, that would remove the sound. That is energy being lost. So, that would actually solve two factors. Now if you could get rid of that pesky surface friction...

pattrow1992 Says:

Nov 29, 2008 - your all to fucking smart

frithwks Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - An absolutely beautiful piece of art and engineering.

anthonyrivera87 Says:

Dec 1, 2008 - the machine does lose its energy after a long period of time, but this machine is the closest thing to a perpetual machine we will ever see

sk80111 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - stop being biast and be open minded

markringoyt Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - my reaction after seeing this is ....this is beautiful...after all this is not a closed system but i guess 99.99% of energy it produced is absorbed by itself...beatiful.. though it make sound we can hear so it loses energy of course...

hoipolloi890 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - pattrow1992:"too"

pattrow1992 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - no, too is used in the place of also, so in my other comment, to with two O's is incorrect

hoipolloi890 Says:

Dec 4, 2008 - "Too Much", a song by Elvis Presley "Too Much", a song by Dave Matthews Band "Too Much", a song by Spice Girls There are a lot of incorrect singers out there!

cr4zyeye Says:

Dec 4, 2008 - the trick is not that it produces the energy itself, but it uses gravity to keep motion, it's from gravity that it takes energy, it wouldn't work in space, even if modified...

pattrow1992 Says:

Dec 4, 2008 - well, you got me there, I wish their are more people on this website that can actually think of something smart to say, you are a good and worthy opponent, and I honer you with it.

wing54 Says:

Dec 4, 2008 - Has it ever stopped and how long has it ran?

halonasaa Says:

Dec 5, 2008 - I think that there is something pulling down the red magnets. Notice that when the magnets go down the metal ball looses attraction and moves , but when it goes up it becomes attracted again and gains momentum to move once more.

gemde08 Says:

Dec 5, 2008 - could the pendulums by acting on the earth's movement?