Posted on 01/22/2002 5:43:47 AM PST by blam
Inventor says he's found free energy
January 22 2002 at 07:07AM
By Kevin Smith
Dublin - It has been a pipe-dream of inventors since Leonardo da Vinci, but has the secret of free energy now been found in Ireland?
A cold stone outhouse on a windswept Irish hillside may seem an unlikely setting for the birthplace of such an epoch-making discovery, but it is here that an Irish inventor says he has developed a machine that will do no less than change the world.
The 58-year-old electrical engineer, who lives in the Irish republic and intends - for "security and publicity-avoidance reasons" - to keep his identity a secret, has spent 23 years perfecting the Jasker Power System.
It can be built to scale using off-the-shelf components It is an electro-mechanical device he says is capable of nothing less than replenishing its own energy source.
The Irishman is not alone in making such assertions. The Internet is awash with speculation about free or "zero point" energy, with many claiming to have cracked the problem using magnets, coils, and even crystals.
"These claims come along every 10 years or so and nothing ever comes of them. They're all cases of 'voodoo science'," said Robert Park, professor of physics at the University of Maryland in the United States. The makers of the Jasker - a name derived from family abbreviations - say it can be built to scale using off-the-shelf components and can power anything that requires a motor
. "The Jasker produces emission-free energy at no cost apart from the installation. It is quite possibly the most significant invention since the wheel," said Tom Hedrick, the only person involved with the machine willing to give his name.
There is mounting urgency in the quest for alternatives Hedrick, chief executive of a company set up with a view to licensing the device in the United States, said the technology shattered preconceived laws of science.
"It's a giant leap forward. The uses of this are almost beyond imagination."
Not surprisingly, this topic is red hot with controversy - sharply dividing a world scientific community still on its guard after the "Cold Fusion" fiasco of 1989 when a group of Utah researchers scandalised the scientific world with claims - quickly found to be unsupported - that the long-sought answer to the problem of Cold Fusion had been discovered.
Experts contacted by Reuters were wary, citing the first law of thermodynamics which, in layman's terms, states that you can't get more energy out than you put in.
"I don't believe this. It goes against fundamentals which have not yet been disproved," said William Beattie, senior lecturer in electrical engineering at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
"These people (Jasker) are either Nobel prize-winners or they don't know what they're dealing with. The energy has to come from somewhere."
Undaunted, the inventor says that once powered-up, his device can run indefinitely - or at least until the parts wear out, adding that he has supplied all his own domestic power needs free for 17 months.
But he is keen to head off the notion that he has tapped into the age-old myth of perpetual motion.
"Perpetual motion is impossible. This is a self-sustaining unit which at the same time provides surplus electrical energy."
In a demonstration for Reuters, a prototype - roughly the size of a dish-washer - was run for about 10 minutes using four 12-volt car batteries as an initial power source.
Emitting a steady motorised hum, the machine powered three 100-watt light bulbs for the duration.
A multimeter reading of the batteries' voltage before the device started up showed a total of 48.9 volts. When it was switched off, a second reading showed 51.2 volts, indicating that, somehow, they had been reimbursed.
The machine went on to run for around two hours while photographs were taken, with no diminution in the brightness of the light bulbs, which remained lit during a short power cut.
"The draw on the batteries was estimated at more than 4.5 kilowatts. With any existing technology the batteries would have been drained flat in one and a half minutes," sai the inventor.
Modern theories of zero point energy have their roots in quantum physics and encompass the fraught areas of "anti-gravity machines" and "advanced propulsion" research.
Contributors to the debate range from serious exponents of quantum science to those who insist free energy secrets have been imparted to them by aliens.
Still others seem convinced that the US government is conspiring to suppress such discoveries.
Nick Cook, aerospace consultant to Janes Defence Weekly and author of The Hunt For Zero Point is not as quick as some to dismiss the possibilities.
"Zero point energy has been proven to exist, the question is whether it can be tapped to provide usable energy. And to that end, I think it's possible, yes. There are a lot of eminent scientists now involved in this field and they wouldn't be if there wasn't anything to it," he said.
"In my experience opinion in this field is extremely polarised... people either go with this area of investigation in their minds or they don't, and if they don't they tend to pooh-pooh it vehemently. It's very difficult to get an objective assessment," he said.
"Basically, no one wants to be the first to stick his head above the parapet."
Impervious to scepticism, Jasker's makers see the first practical application of their technology as a stand-alone generator for home use, although the automotive industry could also be a near-term target given the huge investment in developing substitutes for petrol-fuelled engines.
With world oil reserves running down, there is mounting urgency in the quest for alternatives.
If the Jasker men really are onto something, it could be the most important Irish invention since Guinness.
- Reuters
ROTFLMBO!!!!!!!
That just made my day!
...by anaerobic bacteria, if I remember correctly. I cant remember his name either. I remember seeing it posted here on FR but I cant find anything in a search these days...
Speaking only about the US (patent laws aren't the same everywhere), if he has filed a patent they have to give it a proper examination. They will require some sort of proof that it works though, that it has utility. He admits he can't show perpetual motion, so that isn't an issue as far as I can see. For advertising purposes, if he likes, he can title the application as a perpetual motion machine, but show some utility in saving energy, or energy efficiency, or something like that. If it is a more efficient widget, he should get a patent.
patent
This was attempted on a Shuttle mission, using a tethered satellite. It failed due to hardware problems.
If anyone can figure out how to tether a satellite to the earth itself it could generate lots of power.
My understanding is that they will reject the application as not being "useful" or inoperative. However frankly I have never filed such an application so I don't have any firsthand knowledge. (Patent, jump in any time)I haven’t filed an application like this either. You are correct that the rejection would be on utility grounds, but I suspect you could have enablement and written description issues as well. At least I would make those objections, wanting the applicant to prove it.
I have filed applications where you wouldn’t immediately assume the widget worked or was better then previous widgets. Generally, if you just have a widget with lots of little widgets and you claim it’s efficient, and submit an affidavit with the data to back it up, I would bet you can get a patent on it. If you write your claims to a perpetual motion machine or a perpetual energy machine, I suspect they would want more then an affidavit with some data attached. I would think they would want to see it or have an independent source test it.
In the end, even with the data, the examiner could just get obstinate and refuse to let it issue, forcing you up the chain to the board where it probably would issue, absent any real proof it doesn’t work.
Then the infomercials for the “patented” perpetual motion machine” start. ;-)
patent +AMDG
Free energy that can be accessed by individuals would crash a lot of in-process statist plans. For this guy, if he truly has anything, to try to remain anonymous is laughable. He can be traced and dealt with in minutes.
If anybody should achieve such a device, be advised to say nothing. Send/email/post as indicated and reconcile yourself to being just a change agent, not a millionaire.
My opinion. 
It was stuck under the sofa cushions.
True. There is virtual particle radiation in a vacuum.
. . . the question is whether it can be tapped to provide usable energy.
And if the Second Law of Thermodynamics is right, the answer is "No."
It's a very simple principle, really - a loop of wire moving through a magnetic field will have a current on it. To do this with a tether, you just set up an electron gun at the far end. And, by applying voltage to the tether, you can change your orbit.
ROFL!!
But this would involve engaging in rational behavior. Besides, this plan wouldn't cost very much and would establish the basis for a patent. Recall that Alex Bell won the patent for the telephone on the basis of a dated sketch which wasn't part of the original patent filing.
Since your plan is both inexpensive and rational, don't expect any free energy inventors to use it.
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