I saw this on Pelican yesterday. That is the coolest.

Don't 944 sunroofs work that way?

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That is sweetass. I don't think it's "perpetual" because it stops. It just uses up it's initial energy well. Anyone else notice some weirdness in the tires rolling?

Anyone download it? It's thwarting my tricks.

 

Definition of perpetual motion machine: a machine that can carry on forever using and supplying its own energy. You can produce the same amount of energy that you use in a closed loop nothing in the universe is 100% efficient thats why perpetual motion is impossible. The solar powered glider is using enegy from the sun (that is not produced by the glider, therefore the sun is an outside source of energy) the conveyor belt was powered by a battery another outside source. A theoretical example of perpetual motion would be a light bulb in a dark room powering a solar panel which in turn powers the light bulb. this is impossible because it cannot start on its own and energy is always lost as heat sound motion etc. If it were to start it would keep getting dimmer and dimmer until it stopped.

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Tremelune:
<strong>That is sweetass. I don't think it's "perpetual" because it stops. It just uses up it's initial energy well.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">There is obviously a ton of 'potential' energy that gets converted to kinetic energy. No way is this anything close to 'perpetual' motion.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Tremelune:
<strong>Anyone else notice some weirdness in the tires rolling?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">The tops of the tires were weighted.

Here is an article that describes the production:

<a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/13/ixhome.html" target="_blank">http://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news /2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/13/ixhome.html</a>

 

oops, I meant can't produce the same amount of energy thats can't, CAN'T!!!!!!

 

Word. Stuff sitting on top of stuff (and batteries). Stored energy.