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How the Perepiteia (from Potential Difference, Inc) Works

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This article will introduce you to the latest perpetual motion machine:

Has college dropout done the impossible and created a perpetual motion machine?

The intriguing part:

The audience, esteemed Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Markus Zahn, could either deflate Heins’ heretical claims or add momentum to a 20-year obsession that has broken up his marriage and lost him custody of his two young daughters.

After seeing it Zahn’s reaction is: “It’s an unusual phenomena I wouldn’t have predicted in advance. But I saw it. It’s real. Now I’m just trying to figure it out.”

Here’s a demo video (parts 1 & 2):

See also: Part 3. There are 7 parts to the video.

Zahn sees “the potential for making electric motors more efficient,” which would be a big deal.

See also:

- Another try at the perpetual motion machine – the OC MPMM

- Ode to Stanley Meyer

- Another free-energy/perpetual-motion-machine

 
 

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