Earlier this week, Weevil suggested that I should name some potential future free-energy discovery I make after him. Today I found out about Orbo. By Irish company Stoern. My first thought was something along the lines of: "Sweet. A prepetual motion device powered by natural magnetism. I made one of those in junior high, only I used a 9-volt battery to power electromagnets."
Then I found this article, and watched this video. It seems Orbo is just like my middle-school science project. They claim the energy output is three times the energy used by the battery. Some of that energy is used to recharge the battery to keep the device going.
Since I am neither an engineer or physicist, there are a couple of questions I have:
1. Why does it need an external power source? If it generates so much energy, one could theoretically start it manually, and use the recharging energy to maintain the motion.
2. I thought this would violate the first law of thermodynamics. Upon further consideration, I am not so sure. It is likely not a closed system. If their claim is true, the device could simply convert the magnetic energy, ambient heat, etc. into electrical energy. Still, I doubt there exists sufficient potential energy in the system for the conversion.
Would anyone care to chime in with further information or explanation?
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