Steorn

Eleven of the best sites about the company Steorn, famous (or infamous) for its yet unproven claim to be able to create free energy, a la a perpetual motion machine. Know of another site that should be listed here? Leave your suggestion at the bottom of this page.

1. Steorn - Company has created “Orbo” technology that it says produces “free energy” and the possibility of “never having to refuel your car or recharge your mobile phone, to a genuine solution to the need for zero emission energy production.” Some call this a claim of a perpetual motion machine. Steorn is now challenging scientists to test this magnetics technology and either validate or refute its claims. Company’s historical function is more mundane: “develop technology to help combat counterfeiting and fraud in the plastic card and optical disc industries.” (www.steorn.net)

2. Surprise: “Free Energy” Machine Hits Technical Difficulties - July 5, 2007 article on Steorn’s planned demonstration of its Orbo technology going awry, as Steorn claims heat from the demo room may have stopped the machine’s ability to do its thing. (machinist.salon.com)

3. Free Energy Tracker - Blog dedicated to chronicling Steorn’s claims of a free energy machine. Not affiliated with Steorn. (freeenergytracker.blogspot.com)

4. Steorn Orbo - After the Disaster Speech (1 of 2) - Steorn CEO Sean McCarthy tries to explain why the July, 2007 Orbo demo had to be canceled in this video. (www.youtube.com)

5. Steorn Now Being Openly Mocked - July 7, 2007 blog post highlights a video parodying Steorn by showing its device as if made with parts of kids’ toys. (www.techcrunch.com)

6. Steorn at Wikipedia - Offers a history of the Irish company and the claims Steorn has made about its ability to create free energy, along with information on the lack of proof thus far, including a canceled demonstration in July of 2007. (en.wikipedia.org)

7. Steorn Free Energy Promotional Video - Video from Steorn discussing the “free energy” technology it claims to have developed and the implications for the world if it really works. (video.google.com)

8. Perpetual Motion Claim Probed - August 21, 2006 article skeptically discussing the likelihood that Steorn has really found the secret to creating energy. Breaking the first law of thermodynamics ain’t easy. (www.wired.com)

9. Steorn’s Economist Ad - Steorn put out a call to scientists to verify or refute its technology with this full-page ad in The Economist. (irish.typepad.com)

10. Irish Joke - Not-so-friendly reaction to Steorn’s free energy claims, including a particularly cutting reaction to Steorn’s marketing manager saying in the promotional video that the most exciting thing about the technology would be not having to charge your cell phone or stop for gas. (www.tetherdcow.com)

11. Steorn Forum - Talk about Steorn’s Orbo technology or other Steorn happenings here. At last check most posts were mocking Steorn after its failed Orbo demonstration. (www.steorn.net)

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