Posted by Pete (213.123.61.215) on December 14, 2002 at 01:12:06:
In Reply to: Bump in the night posted by John on December 13, 2002 at 16:57:09:
John,
I have already built a "wheel" using this principle.
Pete.
: So good to see a lot of people in search of new perspectives and inventive curiosity that stretches the status quo boundaries of what "seems" to be. I have decided to send an accurate design of what I came up with to Scott to have posted here. I think you will find it interesting. It is "gravitationally geared" to move in a such a manner that the arrangement insists on staying where it is and in the process "shoving something to the side", essentially pairs of unique pendulum arrangements that are leaning on one another in such a manner that these pairs are constantly being tilted or untilted to a modest degree. Usually, any kind of tension/pressure/force collaboration results in a "cancel out" or equilibrium, this just happens to be the exception to the "rule". So it doesn't create more energy than what is "available", just uses what is there. It will make a bumping noise(but not from something being dropped), with kind of "scratchy" sounds also. I am going to send in my provisional patent forms, to be on the safe side and then probably let it go "public domain" after a year. I think it is pretty cool, although honestly I don't think it will have much power, but that is OK by me. John