[escapefromboston]

this is a long article I'll read it later (when I get my tin foil hat ready)

[camle]

sounds like another "cold fusion" story to me. i.e. baloney.

[Frapster]

bump for read later

[spoiler2]

"It could power his whole house, but if he turns it on, the government may confiscate it."

Looks like it's time for him to disconnect from the utility, turn it on and get some concrete output figures, before the government rushes to "confiscate" it.

Henry Ford didn't have a license for his first car, but he drove it in public anyway!

[fishtank]

BFLR

[null and void]

Needs a hip-boots warning...

[Question Liberal Authority]

At least one inventor had his device confiscated by the Defense Department on the grounds that its free energy technology endangered national security interests. This inventor was put under a gag order, so that he could not even tell the press that his N machine had been confiscated.

Then how did the author of the article find out about it?

The complete lack of evidence is the surest proof the conspiracy is working.

[Paradox]

{yawn}, I've been keeping up with and reading about this stuff for 15 years on http://www.keelynet.com . Even before the web, they had an old school modem powered BBS I used to read on. Interesting articles, especially for those who know a little (but not enough to refute). Nothing has ever come of this stuff..

[John_7Diamonds]

This is the stuff that will change the world when it becomes true. Government has suppressed this work for years.

Let those nasty thieving arabs eat their oil.

John

[stinkerpot65]

Article comes for a "UFO Research" page.

Here

Probably written by this man:

[Former Proud Canadian]

bump for later

[unixfox]

Other scientists-inventors who attempted to build and operate free energy machines have been intimidated and harassed by the U.S. government.

Imagine that.

[VeritatisSplendor]

In 5 seconds with Google I determined that "Bruce DePalma" died in 1997. This article is older than that. (Yes, it's the same Bruce De Palma, follow the links.)

[leoncaruthers]

Sounds like a snake-oil scam. If he cared one whit for the world at large, he'd just publish his findings publically so anyone could build one. The FedGov can't intimidate everyone with an internet connection, can they? The first company that builds one and turns it on (if it works) would likely hire him as a consultant anyhow. If it worked, the commercialization would be elementary. Easy conclusion? It doesn't work.

[Egon]

Interesting read!

[acehai]

No one has ever obtained a patent for an N machine in the U.S.

Tom Beardon and associates received a US patent in 2002... US Patent 6,362,718: Motionless Electromagnetic Generator (MEG)

[Servant of the 9]

Tin Foil Hat Alert

This is right up there with the 'inventor' in the 1930s who developed a carburator that would give every car 200 mpg of gas. It was 'of course' bought up by Big Oil and he was silenced.

Is there vacuum energy in space?
You betcha.

Is this story true?
No way.
If anyone had built a working generator and the Govt had confiscated it, they would be powering every military and space vehicle we have, even if they were kept from the public, which they wouldn't be.
This would be the greatest stimulus to progress since the invention of fire.
No one could succesfully sit on it.

SO9

[js1138]

Bogus science ping

Teaching at MIT is no guarantee of sanity. Noam Chomsky teaches at MIT.

[Former Proud Canadian]

At least one inventor had his device confiscated by the Defense Department on the grounds that its free energy technology endangered national security interests. This inventor was put under a gag order, so that he could not even tell the press that his N machine had been confiscated.

Tough to get past this bit. Kind of convenient that this unnamed "inventor" is under a "gag order".

[Boiler Plate]

100 kilowatt AC generator costs a little over $100,000


This is a gross exaggeration. A 100kW diesel generator costs $25k. I guess I question the truth of this until I actually see one in action.