Technological Article of Interest No. 1

The Perpetual Myth of Free Energy

I first came across this article when browsing through news on the BBC website. The article is based on a product known as the "Orbo", a mechanical device that uses powerful magnets on the rim of a rotor, and further magnets on an outer shell to create free, unlimited clean energy (even though this clearly defies the law of conservation of energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be changed from one form to another).

The product was invented by Mr Sean McCarthy, CEO of Irish company Steorn. He came across his invention by chance while developing an independent power system for CCTV cameras. His company were large and diverse to begin with, but since this discovery in 2000, Steorn are fully dedicated to developing Orbo.

According to Mr McCarthy, Orbo is a result of "many man years of technological development using a "Victorian Science" approach. It is a technology that has been derived phenomenologically, through test, implementation and retest."

Since it's discovery in 2000, Orbo has not been made available for commercial use. However on the official Steorn website they state that "Orbo 1.0 will be made available initially under license to 300 engineering companies and to the wider product development community later during the course of 2009."

I have my doubts about this product, as it is most definitely a dogma of science. It deifies a law that has been considered concrete since the 16th century. The energy also seems to come from thin air, which seems rather unbelievable. However, if it is successful it will be of great use to mankind.

Here is a video of Sean McCarthy speaking about Orbo in an interview on FOX News.

http://www.steorn.com/orbo/