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Jasker Machine

KenH · 2006-07-22 16:00:53

OK, I can't find a relevant topic area for this one, so this may do.... Has anyone heard anything about a power source machine that hit the headlines back in 2002? It seemed to die without trace. Was it a hoax? Here's all the info I can find about it:…

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22-07-2006 5:00pm

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KenH

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OK, I can't find a relevant topic area for this one, so this may do....

Has anyone heard anything about a power source machine that hit the headlines back in 2002? It seemed to die without trace. Was it a hoax? Here's all the info I can find about it:

http://www.theverylastpageoftheinternet.com/newclaims/Jasker%20Power%20System%20.htm

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#2 22-07-2006 5:40pm
pauln

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CNN wrote:

Is this story a hoax?

Since publication of this story, CNN and other media have been criticized for falling for a clear hoax. According to popular technical web site slashdot.org the story is full of holes.

"Three 100 Watt light bulbs created a drain of 4500 Watts", - it should be 300 Watts. The inventor comments that perpetual motion is impossible, but then says what he's created is a "self-sustaining unit" that generates surplus energy, surely just another name for the same thing?

Slashdot points out that this inventor's claim contravenes the second law of thermodynamics which states that in a closed system, any real physical process ends with less useful energy than it started with, some is always wasted.

In other words, a perpetual motion machine is impossible.

Link: http://archives.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/01/23/ireland.invention/

You could always try the Engineering or Physics/Chemistry forums for more responces.

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