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Patent issued for anti-gravity device
Science Daily.com ^ | November 9, 2005 | UPI

Posted on 11/09/2005 10:57:31 AM PST by aculeus

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. patent office has reportedly granted a patent for an anti-gravity device -- breaking its rule to reject inventions that defy the laws of physics.

The journal Nature said patent 6,960,975 was granted Nov. 1 to Boris Volfson of Huntington, Ind., for a space vehicle propelled by a superconducting shield that alters the curvature of space-time outside the craft in a way that counteracts gravity.

One of the main theoretical arguments against anti-gravity is that it implies the availability of unlimited energy.

"If you design an anti-gravity machine, you've got a perpetual-motion machine," Robert Park of the American Physical Society told Nature.

Park said the action shows patent examiners are being duped by false science.

Copyright 2005 by United Press International. All Rights Reserved.


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To: aculeus
The U.S. patent office has reportedly granted a patent for an anti-gravity device -- breaking its rule to reject inventions that defy the laws of physics.

I think it has been a mistake to deny these patents. They should grant a patent each on perpetual motion and on anti-gravity. Then they can reject all future applications on the grounds that it's been done.

121 posted on 11/09/2005 3:46:28 PM PST by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: Prime Choice

Dollar bills? I want one that grows C notes!


122 posted on 11/09/2005 3:47:09 PM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Prime Choice

He patented Hillary's Lovely Thighs?
Wait, those don't counteract gravity, do they?

I think we can all agree that they are a repelling force.


She never has to worry about shining them, they're made of
Patent leather.


123 posted on 11/09/2005 3:47:52 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Stingy Dog
Yeah, it's a shame when a good guy so totally loses his mind.
124 posted on 11/09/2005 3:48:11 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (If you agree with Marx, Krugman and the New York Times please stop calling yourself a conservative!!)
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To: Arthalion

The relative weakness of gravity (it should be stronger to make the numbers work) intrigues me.

Some iterations of string theory (for what that is worth) postulates that gravity IS strong, but the effect bleeding off elsewhere.

If true (and observable in some meaningful way), I would be hopeful that the relative stregth and weakness could be increased or decreased.

Not so much "anti-gravity" as "no gravity," making lift a much easier business.


125 posted on 11/09/2005 3:48:52 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: R. Scott
Dollar bills? I want one that grows C notes!

Gotta grow 'em first. Then we can selectively cultivate 'em.

126 posted on 11/09/2005 3:50:37 PM PST by Prime Choice (I can open hearts and minds effortlessly. I have a hacksaw.)
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To: clee1
or how about that remarkable fuel-saving device, the transporter???

I have a feeling that should that bloody thing ever get invented/built...the energy requirements will be so great that it will be much cheaper to pop your cargo onto an 18 wheeler and truck it cross country.

127 posted on 11/09/2005 3:51:28 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Power is nothing without control.)
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To: aculeus

Space Elevator?


128 posted on 11/09/2005 3:51:47 PM PST by BurbankKarl (NRA EPL)
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To: calex59
Well, if it takes M x g x h Joules or ft/lbs to move an item up to a height h, then you don't really get any benefit out of using the antigravity. :)
129 posted on 11/09/2005 3:51:48 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: bk1000

"The standard idea of 'anti-gravity' is that of a hovering vehicle. I think if such a device were to switch off gravity's effect on it, said device would instantly be flung into space."

I initially thought, "no it would sit right where it is until some force acted upon it." Then I remembered the Earth (and Sun, for that matter) are cranking along through space at a pretty good clip, so the device would, in fact, soon be parted.

But no so much "flung" as "left behind."


130 posted on 11/09/2005 3:52:48 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Darn right, I'll cast the first stone!")
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To: Jeff Head

Tesla made an Earthquake machine. Who knows what has been invented and kept under wraps.

But, I doubt anti-gravity is one of them.


131 posted on 11/09/2005 3:52:56 PM PST by rwfromkansas (http://www.xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
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To: Prime Choice

Genetic engineering?


132 posted on 11/09/2005 3:53:45 PM PST by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Las Vegas Dave
Thanks for the ping. All jokes aside, is this something that could be weaponized? If so, should a private citizen own the patent?
133 posted on 11/09/2005 3:59:09 PM PST by Angelas
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To: aculeus

Love this stuff BUMP


134 posted on 11/09/2005 4:03:06 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: Bigh4u2
(1) shut off gravity locally.
(2) raise a weight some distance l through the temporarily "off" gravitational potential.
(3) turn off your gravity-shutting off thingie
(4) lower the weight, performing work
(5) repeat

Of course, if step 1 takes a hundred times more energy than you get back in 4, it doesn't yield net work. So the statement is true if and only if the alleged gravity stopper doesn't care about energy costs every much.

135 posted on 11/09/2005 4:03:32 PM PST by JasonC
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To: Semper Paratus
Sounds like a warp drive.

That is exactly what it sounds like. I wonder what the name of the patent holder is, Ephraim Cochran, perhaps?

Does this mean we finally get to meet the Vulcans?
136 posted on 11/09/2005 4:06:45 PM PST by redheadtoo
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To: Rocky

The patent office ran out of room long ago for all these working models. Not required or even allowed anymore.


137 posted on 11/09/2005 4:12:56 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: Lancey Howard
Love this stuff BUMP

It's Gravity Day on FR.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518973/posts?page=62#62

138 posted on 11/09/2005 4:13:55 PM PST by aculeus
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To: Pookyhead
That's just what Scotty would do every time Kirk shouted into the intercom, "I need POWER, Scotty!"
139 posted on 11/09/2005 4:27:46 PM PST by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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To: FairOpinion; Swordmaker
One of the main theoretical arguments against anti-gravity is that it implies the availability of unlimited energy.
...if ya know what yer doin'... ;')
140 posted on 11/09/2005 4:30:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated my FR profile on Wednesday, November 2, 2005.)
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