14 
This guy claims that this invention is a perpetual motion machine, the Philosopher’s Stone of physics, the Holy Grail of power. Play the video and check it out for yourself.
The machine uses neodymium magnets and some simple mechanics to achieve its feat. It actually moves on its own for quite a while. How long it actually does so, we don’t know. Of course, it is not going to be perpetual. Even if there was no friction — and inevitable energy loss — the magnets will lose their magnetism after a few years, plus there’s air resistance, and a load of other energy sapping annoyances.
But even while the machine will stop because physics is just that stubborn, it’s cool to watch. Magnets are always cool, and all the demos that lead to the machine are neat. [Thanks Oscar!]
Leap Motion + Hologram = The Future of Awesomeness
Slow Motion + Skateboarding = Friggin' Awesome
Watch Leap Motion Turn a Windows 8 Rig Into a Futuristic Dream Machine
Congratulations on an article not ranting about the iPhone.
Congratulations on unnecessarily perpetuating a stereotype that is now undeserved given the last few months’ worth of quality articles by Jesus’s pen.
Quality !!!
Have you been reading the same articles ?
Ok I will give you that. He has been mocking the North Koreans a lot lately as well.
Ha, by pen you mean his ctrl, c and v keys. Quality is a product of talent and effort, neither of which are a burden Jesus has to bear.
Haha! Well… yes, I suppose. But on the most part the spelling and grammar has been ‘ok’ and the Apple-rants have been cut down, so I guess ‘progress’ should at least be acknowledged.
Loving the music, reminds me of tomorrows world circa 1970
Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene 1977
My spanish is not what it used to be, so correct me if I’m wrong :
is the creator arguing, in a blatant violation of physics principle that should be known by the end of high school, that his contraption could be a source of free energy ?
Quite cool, but I see lot’s of places for energy loss due to the impacts and friction.
Plus, if he is trying to say it’s a ‘free energy machine’, how would you take any power from it without more energy loss and so it stopping.
I’d say this is more complex and less efficient then some of those spinney, kinetic toys you can buy in most gadget shops (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlC-AQ5IGSI).
Actually, I think this machine is a fraud. no way it last this long in this configuration, I suspect a hidden motor or pulse electro-magnet.
If you take a closer look at the guy who posted it and its links you quickly realise he is just a “free-energy” dishonest fraud like a lot of other. I find it quite alarming to find a link to this video here in Gizmodo, since it is a perfect ad for this crook.
had this idea when i was about 14!
Sorry but in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!!
-Homer Simpson
I really find it hard to believe that the people intelligent and creative enough to come up with ideas like this don’t realise that magnets don’t last forever and will never produce more energy than the amount it takes to create them, it’s like they believe that they’re magical devices dug up like gold. If this guy simply called it a kinetic sculpture that would be fine and it would be a pretty good one, but in my eyes he’s just an idiot.