Wierd invention breaks laws of physics. Probably.

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  1. *Windy

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    <h1>How this 12inch miracle tube could halve heating bills</h1><h3>Amazing British invention creates MORE energy than you put into it - and could soon be warming your home</h3>
    <span class="artDate">Last updated at 21:09pm on 15th September 2007</span>

    [​IMG] Comments (5) </p>It sounds too good to be true - not to mention the fact that it violates almost every known law of physics.

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    But British scientists claim they have invented a revolutionary device that seems to 'create' energy from virtually nothing. </p>

    Their so-called thermal energy cell could soon be fitted into ordinary homes, halving domestic heating bills and making a major contribution towards cutting carbon emissions. </p>

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    Hot stuff: Ecowatts boss Paul Calver with the device </p></div>

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    Even the makers of the device are at a loss to explain exactly how it works - but sceptical independent scientists carried out their own tests and discovered that the 12in x 2in tube really does produce far more heat energy than the electrical energy put in. </p>

    The device seems to break the fundamental physical law that energy cannot be created from nothing - but researchers believe it taps into a previously unrecognised source of energy, stored at a sub-atomic level within the hydrogen atoms in water. </p>

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    The system - developed by scientists at a firm called Ecowatts in a nondescript laboratory on an industrial estate at Lancing, West Sussex - involves passing an electrical current through a mixture of water, potassium carbonate (otherwise known as potash) and a secret liquid catalyst, based on chrome. </p>

    This creates a reaction that releases an incredible amount of energy compared to that put in. If the reaction takes place in a unit surrounded by water, the liquid heats up, which could form the basis for a household heating system. </p>

    If the technology can be developed on a domestic scale, it means consumers will need much less energy for heating and hot water - creating smaller bills and fewer greenhouse gases. </p>

    Jim Lyons, of the University of York, independently evaluated the system. He said: 'Let's be honest, people are generally pretty sceptical about this kind of thing. Our team was happy to take on the evaluation, even if to prove it didn't work. </p>

    'But this is a very efficient replacement for the traditional immersion heater. We have examined this interesting technology and when we got the rig operating, we were getting 150 to 200 per cent more energy out than we put in, without trying too hard. </p>

    People are sceptical - but somehow it works
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    'We are still not clear about the science involved here, because the physics and chemistry are very different-to everything that has gone before. Our challenge now is to study the science and how it works.' </p>

    The device has taken ten years of painstaking work by a small team at Ecowatts' tiny red-brick laboratory, and bosses predict a household version of their device will be ready to go on sale within the next 18 months. </p>

    The project, which has cost the company &pound;1.4million, has the backing of the Department of Trade and Industry, which is keen to help poorer families without traditional central heating or who cannot afford rocketing fuel bills. </p>

    Ecowatts says the device will cost between &pound;1,500 and &pound;2,000, in line with the price of traditional systems. </p>

    The development of the groundbreaking technology results from a chance meeting between Ecowatts chairman Chris Davies, his wife Jane and an Irish inventor, Christopher Eccles, while the couple were on holiday near Shannon in 1998. </p>

    After the inventor showed the couple his laboratory experiments, Mrs Davies, immediately signed a &pound;20,000 cheque on the bonnet of her car and handed it over to Mr Eccles. </p>

    He later became chief scientist of Ecowatts' parent company Gardner Watts, but has since left after 'falling out' with the company, according to insiders. Sadly, Mrs Davies died three years ago, so she will be unable to share in the success of her husband's development of the idea. </p>

    Mr Davies, now 75, of Dedham, Essex, was unavailable for comment last night. </p>

    But Ecowatts chief executive Paul Calver said: 'When Jane Davies whipped out her cheque book, it turned out to be a very good investment indeed. </p>

    'She and Chris were always interested in ecology and now it looks as if our heat exchanger system is ready to go on sale soon. We're producing a device in the next nine months to heat radiators. </p>

    'Most British homes rely on gas, and the Government has admitted there is a problem getting a substitute. Our device will help solve that.' </p>

    Sustainable energy expert Professor Saffa Riffat, of Nottingham University, has also led a team investigating the system. </p>

    He said: 'The concept is very interesting and it could be a major breakthrough, but more tests are required. We will be doing further checks.'</p>
     
  2. Gue

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    Witchcraft. Burn them.

    Bet some big American Oil or Gas producer has seen that and is sending death squads over as we speak.</p>

    Reight script for a film that. </p>
     
  3. Isl

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    My washing machine converts socks into water. I've no idea how. Just imagine what I could do with it.
     
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    You could sell the technology to drout ridden African countries but they don't wear socks.
     
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    Wouldn't be the first time that the "laws of physics" have been proved to be incorrect.
     
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    The oil and gas companies will...

    ...be sending out the assassins to take him out as we speak.
     
  7. Isl

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    you're a opportunist and no mistake. I'm going leave my washing machine outside oxfam with a bag of worn out socks, they'll know what to do with it.
     
  8. Gue

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    I have an oven that converts base food ingredients into blackened inedible crud.
     
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    Anybody heard about that Yorkshireman............

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    ....who's invenyed a substance that reflects 100% of energy? They burnt a laser out testing it. It makes all sorts of things possible and would save energy on a massive scale. The barmy old bleeder's so paranoid about someone pinching the idea that he's making it virtually impossible to take forward. It was on telly, can't find anything on the net about it.</p>
     
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    At some point during that conversion. they'll be some energy you can harness and sell. Try putting the inedible crud in your washing machine.

    I think we're on the verge of something big.
     
  11. Gue

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    I'll wait til the mrs puts a Karen Millen top in the wash, combine it with expensive material, the results could be frightening.
     
  12. Isl

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    Just a suggestion, between you and me, but add some green dye, I think green things sell quicker nowadays.*

    *intellectual property rights pending.
     
  13. Gue

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    I've certainly noticed that. Think i'll get a megaphone and stand outside the Nortern Rock telling the queueing folk about it. </p>

    &quot;Buy some green, luvv-erly green&quot;</p>
     
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    RE: Anybody heard about that Yorkshireman............

    I remember that,itwas painted on, then no heat was passed through it,they ut a gas burner to it and he hadhis hand at the back of it,thought it would be ideal for coating the space shuttle with or something.</p>

    I like the water heater though, nearly as good as my invention of a hydro-turbine that fits to your water mains thus chargingbatterys every time you use water.</p>

    There was a guy from Brampton in the 90's that invented a bath plug that would release water under a certain pressure and stoped your bath from overflowing, they now use the same idea on artificial heart valves... he got very rich.. </p>
     
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    It beats my...

    ...dustpan with FM radio invention.
     
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    Ah well

    some things just don't catch on</p>

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    Starlite - reight stuff

    Paint it on your eggs and they'llnever boil.</p>

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlite</p>
     
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    Nice one, thanks.

    <h1>Vanishing Starlite</h1>



    <font face="Geneva,Arial,sans-serif" size="2">Mark Pilkington
    Thursday April 8, 2004
    <font color="#003366">The Guardian</font>


    </font></p><div id="GuardianArticleBody"><font size="3">In 1993 viewers of the BBC's Tomorrow's World were treated to a curious sight. Presenter Michael Rodd donned a welding mask and gloves, fired up an oxyacetylene torch and used it to attack an apparently ordinary egg. </font>

    <font size="3">After four minutes the egg was cracked open to reveal its interior, still raw and runny. The secret? A thin coating of Starlite, a miraculous, heat-proof substance invented by a middle-aged hairdresser from Blackburn. </font></p>

    <font size="3">Maurice Ward had no scientific background. He did like to tinker, however, and inside his rented workshop he created his own brand of hair products, using ordinary chemicals and a food mixer. He stumbled upon Starlite and its heat-proof properties by accident and, realising that he had something special on his hands, began contacting chemical companies. </font></p>

    <font size="3">At first Ward was dismissed as a crackpot inventor, but following a brief mention in Jane's International Defence Review and the Tomorrow's World demonstration, defence and chemical companies took notice. More articles in intelligence and business journals followed, reporting that Starlite had withstood a simulated 10,000 C nuclear blast and shrugged off a high-powered laser beam. </font></p>

    <font size="3">Countless applications could be imagined for this tough, lightweight material: from ship, aircraft and spacecraft design to body armour and kitchen equipment. Concerned that a corporate giant would steal his recipe, Ward refused to patent his invention, revealing only that it contained 21 components, mostly organic polymers, borates and ceramics. </font></p>

    <font size="3">Rumours soon circulated. Some said bidders included Nasa and the US department of energy, others said the plans had been stolen and a secret factory was producing Starlite for the US government while other governments had tried in vain to replicate the mixture. There was talk of billion-dollar buyouts, stockmarket flotations, even a Maurice Ward Starlite Technology Centre staffed by Nasa employees. Then everything went quiet. </font></p>

    <font size="3">The last word was in 1997, when a spokesman announced that Ward was close to a major deal with an aircraft interiors manufacturer. Ward was then enjoying his new hobby - harness racing. By 2002 his horses were still running. But whatever happened to Starlite?</font> </p></div>
     
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    Where he went wrong

    Appearing on Tomorrow's World - that programme was littered with products that never took off!
     
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    They should bring Tomorrow's World back

    I used to like seeing hover-chairs and watching permed hairdos raving about the enormous capacity of floppy disks.
     

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