Perpetual Motion

Invented by Mr. Reidar Finsrud, the whole machine is placed inside a glass mount, to prevent visitors who view the machine in the gallery from touching it.
A steel ball (about 2.7 inch diameter, 20 pound) is rolling on an aluminum track, about 25 inches in diameter, placed horizontally. Three pendulums, about 45 inches long with tunable weights at the lower end, controls three horse-shoe magnets that the steel ball has to pass by on the track. Embedded in the track is a (mechanical) controlling/timing mechanism. It looks like a steel wire bent into a triangular track, 5 inches long. The ball rolls over it and pushes the wire down through a slot in the track. This affects one of the pendulums and regulates its swinging motion. The steel ball has not stopped revolving for months.

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• Perpetual
• Motion
• Mobile
• Revolving
• Moving
• Forever

[cl3ify]

The only real example of perpetual motion is life itself. From a tiny spark, life perpetually flows into the future.This would seem to demonstrate the flaw in the law of entropy. Order does not always dissolve into disorder, as is evidenced by the formation of planets, plants, people,... What is mistakenly termed dis-entropy is more predominate than entropy. This universe is biased towards organization, which is why we may debate the possibility of perpetual motion.

[MRPINKBALLS12]

@MultiNobodyishere

Yes this is the concept but you have to understand, that "stored" energy you speak of doesn't come from nothing, By giving energy you are taking energy, if you were to attach a device to produce energy you would have whats known as generator back torque which is a force in the opposite direction so the same amount of energy you save will have been taken away from said device producing it, essentially it will run out of steam

[MultiNobodyishere]

i think if we used mechanical motion in a device for perpetual motion whenever the thing needs to start agian it uses power saved up from going earlier to restart itself. say its this thing, it will eventually stop, but if u put a small thing to collect the motion of it moving and change it into energy that said energy could go into a small device that will push it for a small amount of time to restart it. like if u agree.

[cl3ify]

Also, you need your neutrons. Please, keep them on. The life you save might be the person standing next to you.

[cl3ify]

It's too easy to condemn Finsrud for his claim if perpetual motion. Really, this machine is an attempt at conservation and recycling. Those are the real value of this device. However long, or short, it may run, it is a decent step in the right direction. Mechanical motion is inherently inefficient. Over the use span of the device, the power requirements are astronomical. Give the guy a break. At least he's trying.

[Peekvid2009]

Mindfuck, actually watched the whole thing.

[92jacko]

Take off your neutrons and you will make ultra power!!!! We are power!!!

[kirbymelton23]

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