On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 4:47 PM, MarkI-ZeroPoint <zeropo...@charter.net>wrote:
RE: underlying physical mechanism in Papp’s device…**** > > ** ** > > Perhaps it’s as simple as the volume changes that occur in piezoceramics > under an applied voltage… only that its occurring in a gas where individual > atoms/molecules are free to orient completely with the applied E-field > resulting in maximum displacement; unlike in condensed matter where the > alignment, and thus displacement, is restricted due to chemical bonding… > I wouldn't be surprised if this is something mundane. If the mechanism is known physics, as Heinz Klostermann says in Ruby's video, I do not see how it would be overunity (unless one brings out the zero point field or something similar). Eric