[Wolfie]

McCarthy said Steorn had not set out to develop the technology, but "it actually fell out of another project we were working on".

This could be big. The same sort of thing led to Post-Its.

[Hegewisch Dupa]

This could be big. The same sort of thing led to Post-Its

"And while inventing Post-Its we discovered free energy. Well, I discovered free energy; Michelle decided what color it should be..."

[Kenny Bunk]

The same sort of thing led to Post-Its.

Wolfie, please. This is at least almost as big as Segway. And you are wrong to pooh-pooh this as a physical concept. I have noticed and documented the same effect with the old Kirby vacuum left to me by my sainted grandmother.

When I am finished vacuuming, the Kirby is stronger than ever, and I am totally out of energy. QED, Thomas.

[petro45acp]

"McCarthy said Steorn had not set out to develop the technology, but "it actually fell out of another project we were working on".

This could be big. The same sort of thing led to Post-Its."

and krazy glue....Eastman Kodak was looking for an optically clear cement for bonding prisms. The cyanoacrylic cement they came up with was what we know as "super" or "krazy" glue....mind your fingers.