(don't laugh just yet)
Wessel di Wesseli, some Belgian artist/inventor came up with an idea for a perpetual motion machine...
He was on a Dutch TV show (Barend & Van Dorp) this week and tried to explain the idea. I only came in about halfway through, and physics isn't my best anyway... But it's always interesting anyway, seeing people propose the solution to all energy problems at negligible costs. But well, he said he had been in discussion with plenty of scientists and was still convinced, so it's always nice to think he might actually be right.
Anyway, first visit his site:
It's in Dutch, but the only interesting content is right at the top anyway. 1 picture and 5 animations to show the principle of the idea.
If the pictures don't make it quite clear enough, I believe this is the idea:
A bunch of accordeon-like "floats" are attached to two "circular" rails in a basin of water. At the top of the basin the rails come closer to eachother to contract the "accordeons" at the bottom of the basin they expand.
So the accordeons go under water when contracted, presumably with the right weight etc. to sink down. When they reach the bottom, the accordeons expand, increasing buoyancy and floating back to the surface... repeat.
Bash away...
Wessel di Wesseli, some Belgian artist/inventor came up with an idea for a perpetual motion machine...
He was on a Dutch TV show (Barend & Van Dorp) this week and tried to explain the idea. I only came in about halfway through, and physics isn't my best anyway... But it's always interesting anyway, seeing people propose the solution to all energy problems at negligible costs. But well, he said he had been in discussion with plenty of scientists and was still convinced, so it's always nice to think he might actually be right.
Anyway, first visit his site:
It's in Dutch, but the only interesting content is right at the top anyway. 1 picture and 5 animations to show the principle of the idea.
If the pictures don't make it quite clear enough, I believe this is the idea:
A bunch of accordeon-like "floats" are attached to two "circular" rails in a basin of water. At the top of the basin the rails come closer to eachother to contract the "accordeons" at the bottom of the basin they expand.
So the accordeons go under water when contracted, presumably with the right weight etc. to sink down. When they reach the bottom, the accordeons expand, increasing buoyancy and floating back to the surface... repeat.
Bash away...
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