Virtual Magician - Perpetual Motion Machine

[xhmoobx]

its probly the matches that causes it, that's why its is put back into the box.

[whoisondrugs]

probably heat rising, propelling the pyramid

[riyu25]

it isent perpetual motion he probably did more Work Effort then the Work Load since his hands was putting out more Force then that of the paper

[Growf911]

it's static

[jcwatson11]

I think it has to do with the di-electric properties of paper and how it interacts with human bio-electric fields. It's nothing new. This is the same thing tele-conesis vendors try to sell to unwitting power mongers.

[poppoob]

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[gurowiczw]

telekinesis

not

tele-conesis

[thejobloshow]

i see this video belongs to the virtual magician so of course my comments were deleted. but i know you're a fraud. ;)

[gobipie]

A fraud? If ur definition of a fraudulent magic trick is one where there's a logical, scientifically explained, often just less than obvious answer, then, technically, all magic tricks are really frauds. Which they are, of course, definitely not.

[thejobloshow]

BTW, to be a Perpetual Motion Machine it has to work without the magician using his hands. He quickly ended the trick as soon as he move his hands, in other words, he's not a very good magician, in other words, there's no such thing as a PMM.

[thejobloshow]

He's blowing on it.

[ra145565]

E = sqrt(m^2 c^4 + p^2 c^2)

[Dmd0916]

zomg i wana b him!

[Falandorn]

The First Law of Thermodynamics is You do Not talk about Thermodynamics!

[Jamesdafourth]

hahahaahhaa

[Fiyinite7]

hot air rises right? and he put a jar over it, trapping most of the air in. so maybe he like has a heat thingy or something and the hot air spins the pyramid because of the way he folded it.

[kujinashida]

the matchbox something about it

[QuizMaster520]

Why did he use a matchbox? Hmm...

[052leise]

man we gotto build trillions and put dynamos on them

[trytobereal]

I must have been right about how you did it. That's why you deleted my comments.

[trytobereal]

He may have folded a tiny magnet in the paper. He's wearing long sleeves. He may have a stronger magnet tucked "up his sleeve". Notice that his hands make the moving motion but his wrists are closest to the paper. MABEY

[MrSnackum]

stop trying to explain his tricks its more fun trying to figure it out yourself or just leaving it as it is just to have it as a question that remains with you. Nice trick Marco

[vitto]

physics.

[aaronbeemer]

The system wasn't "absolutely closed" because heat from his hand could still get through the glass. I read about this trick in a science book.

[hughtub]

It's simple black magic, folks. You may attempt to explain it through "science" and "logic", but you can't explain the works of the supernatural. This man is in league with the devil.

[hondadrift]

you wish!!! lolThtas a good answer for someone who cant think on a logical level:)

[macneili]

keep tearing out your hair, free energy is a reality

[meshuggah24]

I hope you're kidding

[MaZe741]

And then he puts a glass over it and says there was no way to influence it.

[robshookphotography]

no, heat would take too long. have him try it without wearing that jaket. it wont work - static electricity.

[hypnotekk]

magnetised paper? beautiful. now that IS magic. Im not sure of hartmans explanation either. im not sure such a strong convection current would be occuring in the glass.and i dont think there is enough vapour either.

my guess is that it's in the way he folded the pyramid. maybe some sort of origami trick where the tension in the paper causes it to unfurl, and spin? i think his hands moving is just a red herring, and that the paper would spin regardless.

[release912]

That looked like magnets in his hand, notice the paper turned with his hands before he tried spinning it?

[Drevtoobe]

There is a very tiny magnet in the paper. The paper is multi-layer and was carefully split apart and the magnet sliver inserted. He got the magnetic sliver from a store security tag. You can see he moves his hands to nudge the magnet inside the paper along.

[sweetxmonkey]

I don't know the effectrs of hot vapor and the effects

[arrowhead15]

why did he not show the glass to anyone?

[SnowyAstra]

My god, you're all so blind. He is wearing a cashmere jumper which causes more static than normal jumpers/tops. Notice how he makes sure the edge of his sleeve get close ;-)

[addrads]

You are stupid. It has nothing at all to do with what he is wearing. It's just the heat from his hands which causes air currents under the glass which causes the paper to rotate. Anybody can do this if they set it up properly.

[tetekofa]

what about electrons moving around the nucleus of an atom, every thing is in motion, as a matter of fact, scientist have been trying to stop this motion for many years, by reaching absolute zero, but can't.

[Ratboy2004]

light and heat, hands interupt the light

[PosterKnutbag]

thats not perpetual motion

[hack26]

Watch closely how the paper moves... it must be a small magnet hidden in the paper and another magnet in his wrist.

[gyneman]

does'nt matter how it works or why it works!because that is not perpetual motion. it's just a parlor trick.

[cmr924]

That wasn't perpetual motion...that was just telekinesis. If I make a ball circle in the air by waving my hands, is that considered perpetual motion now as well? No.

[nopochoclos]

He moves the paper with his hands, i saw that trick in Beleave it or not with Jack Palance explaining that.

[glacierlily]

That physicist isn't an actor that's Dr. Michio Kaku a professor of theoretical physics at City College of New York. He got his BS at Harvard University and his Ph.D at UC Berkeley (where they discovered plutonium). I think he knows what he's talking about, Lulu1019.

[bryce913]

I'm totally perplexed...

[lpaitan]

nice very nice

[Hartman98372]

Look at the light source. Hot air rises. Light heats vapor in air, put the glass over it and it creates a closed circut of moving heated vapor in the air, slight differences of light "moving hands" causes the rising heat to move the paper in different ways.

just a guess.

[sjanimefreak]

youre smart arent u

[Ratboy2004]

just what I was thinking

[Yellownealy]

lol u just cant admit u dont know how the trick is done :p good job VM :D

[WillieJamal]

This is a psywheel right?

like in telekinetic stuff

[Hitman079]

finally, a magic trick that no one can ruin the fun of. great trick btw.

[barefootmissy]

Simple. The paper is magnetized, and he has magnets in his hand.

[p00b3ard]

An elastic band inside the paper making it spin one way and then the other ... he just followed the direction it span.

[adude2006]

it's called a psi wheel, do a search on youtube and a million things will come up

[rish000]

yea but those guys claim they are really moving it with their mind therefore telekinese. but yea thas just cuz their hands are warm, cuz if u put coffee or sum heated object around those spining things, they start to spin on their own.

[CrazzyMisfit]

He didn't put anything under the paper. If you wanna find out how he did it just do the exact same thing and i bet you could do it first try. There is no trick to it all you have to do is put the paper on something pointed, like a toothpick or pin.

[SoccerDude214365]

He put something under the paper when he folded it...

[KurenaiKimitsu]

Definition of Perpetual motion machine - a machine that can continue to do work indefinitely without drawing energy from some external source; impossible under the law of conservation of energy

it was a closed system so there was no way it can draw energy to spin the paper pyramid...then theres also no way a perpetual motion machine can exist

[KurenaiKimitsu]

opps...sppech error..."then again theres no way a perpetual motion machine can exist so thats y this is a magic trick"

[upascal]

how is that a perpetual motion machine?

there was nothing perpetual about it..

[Macday000]

no he isnt.. hes been on other science shows

[lulu1091]

the guy talking is an actor that physicist or whatever

[Saenar]

first of all the magnet's strength would mean it would have to be pretty big in size to pull it from that distance and another thing you watched him fold the paper... where is the metal?? hmm inside the thin piece of paper?

[SexySug3742]

From a distance it's hard to tell but close up, it's show up easily!

[guitarrocker999]

people people try it urself, but do exactly he does, it works

[aznmaplemaster]

y does it work, wats the phenomena behind it?

[guitarrocker999]

idk its just the properties of the glass and the paper, i think its to do with static or something?

[ryokolove]

so great marco ! i love your magic

[Blowupman]

HOW THE HELL DOES HE DO THAT???!!?!?

PM me if you know.

[SexySug3742]

you know the line 'a magician never reveals his tricks'? I doubt he's gonna make an exception for you!