Perpetual Motion Machine
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EddieM
ha ha, beat you to it 
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EddieM
yeah I'm building a time machine.
Perpetual motion machines are possible.
It turns out Io's volcanic activity is generated by the gravitational pull of Jupiter, constantly crushing and pulling the planet (so unlike earth, it will always have volcanic activity).
So all you need is a large body in space, and a smaller orbiting body, then you can power up stations from the geothermal activity.
Possibly not that useful, but technically a perpetual motion generator.
It turns out Io's volcanic activity is generated by the gravitational pull of Jupiter, constantly crushing and pulling the planet (so unlike earth, it will always have volcanic activity).
So all you need is a large body in space, and a smaller orbiting body, then you can power up stations from the geothermal activity.
Possibly not that useful, but technically a perpetual motion generator.
We had a perpetual motion machine. Had to get rid of it though, just running it was sending our leccy bill sky high.
That's not quite a perpetual motion machine though.
The constant constant pulling and pushing which is generating heat will be doing it at the expense of something else in the system.
I don't know what, probably the orbit of Io so that it will either be receding from Jupiter like the moon is from earth, or falling in to it.
Joe 90 will know.
in your shed??......so, cardboard......a plastic basket................and 2 broken clothes airers.............................good luck!
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joinerjohn
perpetual motion is easy in the simplest form.
All you need is a pendulum, and a strong magnet at 10:00 and 2:00 and one on the pendulum.
As the pendulum swings up to say 10:00 the magnet is rotated on the shaft, so it repels the magnet on the pendulum, again as it nears the 2:00 the magnet is rotated
All you need is a pendulum, and a strong magnet at 10:00 and 2:00 and one on the pendulum.
As the pendulum swings up to say 10:00 the magnet is rotated on the shaft, so it repels the magnet on the pendulum, again as it nears the 2:00 the magnet is rotated
What rotates the magnet on the pendulum?
They are fixed to the shaft, between 3 and 9 is 180% turn
So it's fixed to the pendulum shaft, if it's on top of the shaft pointing upwards at 10.00 it will be at the bottom pointing down at 2.00?
It wouldn't work.
You could have the north pole on the pendulum pointing upwards to a north pole at 2.00, and then the south pole on the pendulum would point upwards to a south pole at ten. And they would repel each other, but there would be a point at the bottom of the swing where the magnetic fields of the two magnets at ten and two would be equal. The pendulum would stop there pretty quick as the forces would be in equilibrium.
You could have the north pole on the pendulum pointing upwards to a north pole at 2.00, and then the south pole on the pendulum would point upwards to a south pole at ten. And they would repel each other, but there would be a point at the bottom of the swing where the magnetic fields of the two magnets at ten and two would be equal. The pendulum would stop there pretty quick as the forces would be in equilibrium.
