http://www.steorn.net/ is the firm's site. Anybody here have any comments?
Udhay
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID=13224375&src=rss/scienceNews
Irish tech firm throws down "free energy" gauntlet
Thu Aug 17, 2006 07:13 PM ET
DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish technology firm issued a challenge to the
world's scientific community on Friday to give its verdict on
technology it says smashes one of the basic laws of physics by
producing "free energy."
Dublin-based Steorn said it had placed an advertisement in The
Economist magazine seeking 12 top physicists to examine the
technology -- based on the interaction of magnetic fields -- and
publish their results.
"We fully accept there is going to be cynicism surrounding this but
what we're saying to the world of science is come and prove us
wrong," said Steorn Chief Executive Sean McCarthy.
"The answer to the question we're posing is too big not to look," he added.
The concept of "free energy" -- which contradicts the first law of
thermodynamics that in layman's terms states you cannot get more
energy out than you put in -- has divided the scientific community
for centuries.
The Internet is awash with claims to have cracked the problem using
magnets, coils and even crystals.
McCarthy, a founder of Steorn in 2000, said the company discovered
the technology while using magnets to try to devise more efficient
wind generators and had spent the past three years developing it.
"We put in a small amount of mechanical energy and we get a large
amount out ... but until this thing is validated by science we won't
be doing anything commercial with it," he said.
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