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Harsh light shines on free energy

2007; IOP Publishing; Volume: 20; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/2058-7058/20/8/15

2058-7058

Michael Schirber,

Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

An Irish firm that last year claimed to have built a device that can make energy from nothing has been forced to call off the first public demonstration of its technology. Steorn, which is based in Dublin, had planned to unveil the device at an exhibition in London last month. It blamed the malfunctioning of the device on "excessive heating" from lights in the museum's display area – rather than on a failure of the first law of thermodynamics.