More Steorn news
Remember when I linked to the perpetual energy company that has been insisting it wanted scientists to independently verify and test its method?
Well, they’ve come up with a name for their product: Orbo.
I tell you, I look at the graphics of that page, particularly the complex gear structure in the back, and I am convinced they’re full of shit. I’m still captivated of course, because I need to know what kind of shit it actually is.
The more slick they make it, the more I think it’s BS. That said… what’s their game? Where’s the money? No one spends 100 grand on an advertisement for shits and giggles, yet as of now this is no more than the slickest perpetual motion scheme ever produced… with no endgame. No cash method.
I still think the storytelling nature of this lends itself to a viral/ARG concept. The circumstances (discovery of non-public ‘clues’ on the site, building suspense, suspicious company history, and serious money put into the marketing) still point in that direction, even though they have clearly stated they are not any such thing.
Guess there’s just more wait-and-see.
Where’s the advertising? This is the first I’ve heard of it. They do say more will be revealed in the first half of 2007, so…
check out unfiction.org’s exhaustive thread on steorn – it goes back at least six months, I believe, and probably longer.
The advertising was one full-page ad in The Economist, I believe, and that one ad would cost 100,000. We don’t know how much they actually spent, of course – there’s speculation that if this was some project sponsored by MS (like I Love Bees), then it would be much cheaper, because they own TE.
check out unfiction.org’s exhaustive thread on steorn – it goes back at least six months, I believe, and probably longer.
The advertising was one full-page ad in The Economist, I believe, and that one ad would cost 100,000. We don’t know how much they actually spent, of course – there’s speculation that if this was some project sponsored by MS (like I Love Bees), then it would be much cheaper, because they own TE.
Where’s the advertising? This is the first I’ve heard of it. They do say more will be revealed in the first half of 2007, so…
complex gear structure..
It looks like a closeup of watch works.
*nod* clearly very nice stock.
*nod* clearly very nice stock.
complex gear structure..
It looks like a closeup of watch works.
I love how they’re using an “unbalanced wheel” graphic for one of their sections, that says alot!
er, “overbalanced wheel” to be more accurate
er, “overbalanced wheel” to be more accurate
I love how they’re using an “unbalanced wheel” graphic for one of their sections, that says alot!
They’re not even claiming a free external power source, like solar or geothermal. I don’t know they ever got anyone to sign up to test this; it’s just so effing stupid.
The key is that they make people say the same thing they’ve been saying for hundreds of years. “It won’t work… but what IF?”
Do people still say that when they hear “perpetual motion” ? These days, if anyone really did come up with a perpetual motion machine, they’d be better off introducing it as a high efficiency engine. I’d be much more willing to check out something that was billed as an advance in Stirling engine technology, for example.
Indeed, even if it just recycled gas over and over, it would fly better than saying “FREE!”
But yeah, even now, people think perpetual motion is still possible, even though it was one of the best snake oils ever to be dreamed up.
Indeed, even if it just recycled gas over and over, it would fly better than saying “FREE!”
But yeah, even now, people think perpetual motion is still possible, even though it was one of the best snake oils ever to be dreamed up.
Do people still say that when they hear “perpetual motion” ? These days, if anyone really did come up with a perpetual motion machine, they’d be better off introducing it as a high efficiency engine. I’d be much more willing to check out something that was billed as an advance in Stirling engine technology, for example.
The key is that they make people say the same thing they’ve been saying for hundreds of years. “It won’t work… but what IF?”
They’re not even claiming a free external power source, like solar or geothermal. I don’t know they ever got anyone to sign up to test this; it’s just so effing stupid.