For Bob Cook and other free-spinners. granted patent after 7 year wait Electric generator US 8736151 B2 - Burgener and Renlund
Essentially it would convert ambient heat into electricity. Free energy (supposedly). and it uses an electret. shades of Steorn. Abstract Methods, compositions, and apparatus for generating electricity are provided. Electricity is generated through the mechanisms nuclear magnetic spin and remnant polarization electric generation. The apparatus may include a material with high nuclear magnetic spin or high remnant polarization coupled with a poled ferroelectric material. The apparatus may also include a pair of electrical contacts disposed on opposite sides of the poled ferroelectric material and the high nuclear magnetic spin or high remnant polarization material. Further, a magnetic field may be applied to the high nuclear magnetic spin material. END of abstract. Prototypes have been shown. Not sure of current status as there were legal disputes involved. Eye witnesses under NDA have seen it producing electrical power. There is a chance that "something like this" is involved in the Steorn device (to the extent that either device actually works over an extended period) but I doubt it - since Steorn doesn't seem to work, firstly - and secondly doesn't have a magnetic field. Here is an update: http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2016/02/new-video-reveals-ocube-component s-describes-problems/
