Perpetual motion machine

The energy machine has the potential to provide free energy to the world.

[@PhilKenSebbenHaHa]

That gentleman has a wonderful dream. He must've seen something that everyone else has missed, and now he's trying his best to make it happen. I hope someone can help him realize his dream, because it would be wonderful for all of us.

[@smokeynewton]

I love "perpetual motion" machines, not because they work but because they're so creative. Unobtainable goals (such as capturing Bigfoot) are all about the joy of searching, not about finding. The laws of physics tell us that perpetual motion is simply not possible, but the challenge is in seeing just how close you can get. And this is where great discoveries are made. Never stop trying just because it's impossible.

[@IdahoM2Buell]

Manny, I hope that, in my old age, I have the same energy and enthusiasm you show in your video. You and your generation, having lived through the Great Depression, WW2, and the greatest period of technical and scientific progress in the history of mankind, have done your part in making the present and future better for humanity. Your work as not been in vain. May your days be peaceful.

[@telb60]

Genius!! at no point during the 7m.26s video do you see the dam thing running. That seven minutes and 26s of my life I won't get back. And to thing all we need to save the world is an old brake disc, an empty grammaphone cabinet and a couple of lackie bands. Priceless!!

[@memormaplin]

What I love about all these attempts is that they are so well crafted. All the holes and moving parts are fantastic. I'm sure Mrs Constantopes was happy for him to make it and keep him out of her hair. Long may he continue.

[@gratitudeee]

It's so great to know that there are still people out there who are respectful and have learned to respect their elders... thankyou to those who left honorable and respectable comments and insights. it is true that for some on here, we would do well to take a piece of humble pie and not be so quick to find fault in others. Good on him for posting this video and doing something positive with his life (being creative, using his talents/skills, making something).

[@wavesport777]

That was one of the most incomprehensible videos i've ever seen.

[@neithere]

The phrase "this thing works like this" summarizes the lucid way of thinking of these inventors.

[@Desertphile]

A hand-powered perpetual motion machine. Golly how I wish I had thought of this!

[@theDuctapeUnion]

I can almost hear the cat-box accumulating as we speak. "It is every Indian's obligation."................blessed

[@EviLzLiKeNeO]

"This machine is perfect. Now all the engineers have to do is make it work."

[@paulderosa7015]

This is my great uncle. RIP 🙏🏼

[@winterka100]

It's encouraging to see that these days mental hospitals allow their patients to bring all sorts of equipment with them while they regain their sanity.

[@porridgesilt]

junior soprano never hurt nobody, especially with this device.

[@sneakyrogues]

I love listening to idea's from our elders, we can learn so much from them and if I had it my way this man I would have him head of a engineering company, with good funding so he could conduct and test his visions and experiments. If we do not record our past, we cannot remember it, Therefore we will never learn from the first step it was started at. I hope someone with power has watched this vid, and learned deeply from it.

[@58pianos]

I must have missed something the first time but cannot bring myself to watch it twice.

[@Dr_Xyzt]

What, all you people just expected to see a working one. This seems to have potential, but since it's made of wood, I doubt it eliminates enough friction. I say, someone with a chunk of change should sit down with this guy and see what it would take to go make one out of metals to a very tight tolerance.

[@WhichDoctor1]

I love the idea that you don't need a working prototype or a functional theory to solve the energy crisis. all you need is a mental image of something going round and we are all saved. Well that's a relief :-P

[@RickeyBowers]

I look forward to your continued development!

[@DavidMeisterThe]

Stoen's last "news post" was before their planned demonstration in July 2007. They had to postpone the demonstration because of technical difficulties caused by lightning strikes. it's September 2008 now...

[@ZiggyD12]

At least he's using his mind still. I bet there are plenty of people his age dribbling as they stare at a wall. Respect to ya old timer.

[@chrisofnottingham]

Magnets provide a force (not energy) that moves things. That force never runs out, like gravity. And just like gravity, it always pulls objects to a lower energy state. Once in that state, it has to get energy from somewhere to climb out of it again. For rotating magnetic systems the energy comes from the momentum of the moving parts. So they ALWAYS slow down.

[@hispanapsih]

you go Manny! fight the free energy supression!!!

[@GBH2o4u]

Yes, pretty much like all of those, basicly we would be using one of the forces found in nature, that is 100% clean and renewable, and that force in magnatizium, the like poles repell each other and that force can be converted into machinical motion (a shaft spinning) then that can be converted into free, clean energy, that unlike the ones you mentioned above, it would be constant, not changing, this means that only when the suns out is solar cells most effecant, and only when the wind blows,etc

[@Kazzzo]

I had a car that ran on rubber bands. It was called a AMC Hornet.

[@FLUXCAPACITORWIGGLES]

Translation: "if you apply a steady force to alternating sides of the wheel it will spin the axle."

[@traktorensteff]

Nice machine and nice to see that you are doing something that you like. But it doesn't run and we expect a running machine when we opened your video!

[@bimetal7]

At his age he is full of energy and trying his best to explain his idea to help the world, and all this in a 2nd language. Incredible boldness and to top it all off he is humble enough to say he needs help. Hopefully someday you critical dweebs will learn to respect your elders until then, you will choke on your pride and what little success you have in all aspects of life will be swallowed up by your disrespect for others.

[@saintron60]

More power to the man. He at least is doing something with the intent to help the world. Wonder how many of the critics here know which end of a screwdriver to use.

[@DrKCostas]

My research proves that almost all overunity devices draw their extra energy from the potential energy of the local gravitational field. And to describe them in full scientific detail, it is required to revise the Maxwells equations of Electromagnetism to no-linear equations, and Einstein's theory of gravitation. So for the academic world to account for them it is required 1-3 nobels...

[@35Racerboy]

I liked the part about the perpetual motion.

[@Psoewish]

It may not actually work (yet), but this man among tons of other people obviously love experimenting with these things. Even if the end result doesn't work out like you want it to, they're still having fun and doing something more productive with their time than any of us sitting on our lazy ass watching random videos on the internet.

[@sushimotoo]

You guys dont understand, that this concept is truly genious. Okay, the finder is a bit confused, but the concept is brilliant. Maybe, he forgot while working on the idea.

[@ApocalypseCreek]

I agree with you bimetal7! The ones that complain are the ones that are here to have there simple minds entertained, as opposed to learning something new. It reminds me of high school, the stuck up popular kids were always the dumb ones who end up as unemployable, self-loathing, alcoholics by the time they reach their 30's while still thinking they are on top of their game. For you guys that spend your time finding fault in everyone else, try coming up with a better solution. Till then, Zip it!

[@backwoodstech]

I kept waiting for all of that to go somewhere or see the perpetual rubberband machine work WTF..LOL I guess the shoe box I keep waiting for the tiny magic Unicorn to live in it is not so crazy after all...

[@hardwirecars]

the part that cost so much is actually geting the hydrogen attom to seporate from the oxygen(forgive my spelling) and thats the refinment process. now im sure that solar would be a great way to do this and i bet we are working on ways to do it more cost effective but its just not ready yet now me and my bro talked about this a good 8 years ago when he graduated they may be advances that i dont know about.

[@winterka100]

He has invented the "Perpetual Explanation Machine".

[@DigitalniRoker]

Veliko postovanje..... It is beautiful :)

[@vuuren007]

all we need now is to see it working

[@sushimotoo]

I love this one. :))) Please give me more explanation about how "up and down" works.

[@ZenonDorinPower]

The "perpetuum mobile" builders are SMART as they try to make easy, to complex systems

[@arthus1971]

Congratulations to all the old people that gave their lives to the world and occupy their days to research

[@DolgorsurenDagvadorj]

Yeah, and every file can be packed to 2 bytes then unpacked perfectly. The machine looks good anyway.

[@mao-tse-tung]

Awsome discovery, congratulations.

[@OverlordMMM]

Its an interesting idea, but the friction and force to undo and replace the "stops" would slow down the machine, especially if it was automated by the machine itself. It is a clever idea, though, but it would only work if there was an outside force working on it, which then defeats the purpose.

[@timjamesmackenzie]

Was about to flame this when i understood it. He needs a fly wheel on top to keep it moving. The stops make the gadget turn correctly . But unfortunatly he hasnt worked out the perpetual motion bit which involves an everlasting rubber band that turns it and can put out more twang than the usuall ones.

[@xS3NTRYx]

@RandomConcepts not sure how much this would make sense, but if you used tubes that had enough suction and push to circulate the rod into place and out of place it might actually work as perpetual motion.

[@markdeus5]

There's a glass and a half of milk in every 200g block.... LOL

[@yerk55]

All I can see is the dancing old guy from the Six Flags commercials

[@Grim48]

I see what he is trying to do though. He is using the pins to keep the wheel from spinning. He just wants it to tilt around without rotation, so the elastics can keep it going. If someone had 4 arms, and could move fast enough, this could work.

[@chrisofnottingham]

OK here is a quick summary to save you 7 minutes: He rambles on all the time in an undecipherable accent; He connects rubber bands to different bits; It doesn't rotate once. I think the "perpetual motion" part refers to his lower jaw.

[@dodoshlodo]

true, in any closed loop system there are losses and efficiency is never more than 100%... However u can have COP more than 1 and still have low efficiency, a Heat pump has COP > 1. u can extract energy from nature and get more energy out than u had to put in

[@smokeynewton]

I love this guy!

[@nileor1]

its based on kinetic energy via the rubberbands, thanks mr constantopes, way to go, good job, i was waiting to see it work though. i think we are all at a loss at to what outside resource you were talking about, one thing for sure it will only put out the strength from what resistance the structure will hold in rubber bands, but what about a leaf spring set up per the four sides for each side to repel from then you would not need the bars off the main gear just the main housing .

[@deckoland]

alot of respect for this guy.

[@richiefrost]

waw that is kewl. one can almost see that it can be done with ball bearings that could be within precise cuts an angles and such to make..... to let this working idea development in thoughts. I like the video. nice to meet you.

[@boumbh]

Oh, MacGyver, you haven't aged well...

[@ShankU1292]

I've got an ACTUAL perpetual motion machine. It only needs gasoline to run!

[@GRD111]

Poor old man... He was probably daddy's special boy...

[@matth4900]

To the haters and supposed "engineers": think outside the box. think like this man and stop using convention and laws of physics for true engineering. To those who think wind power is the future: You're simply re-inventing the wheel. Or turbine. Good on ya. This man probably envisioned this for years, and finally had the resources to make it come to fruition. Engineers today, for the most part, replicate others. So, basically, they're "improvers" and not innovators. P.S. I'm a PE. USE UR BRAINS!

[@mercurio0000]

I see some negative stuff being spoken about this man. At least he is trying to do something for humanity. The idea that he came up with took time and a lot of thinking. It is easier to criticize than to build a machine like this. Today hardly anyone is working in machines like this. Most inventions now work on electricity. What if something was to happen to all our electric plants and electronics? I thank this man for trying. He will have more ideas for perfecting this.

[@phobos2k2]

I think it's great that this guy is still using his brain to tinker with his experiments in his twilight years. So what if he's wrong, lol. He's a perpetual talking machine! Old people ftw!

[@208975]

dude's hittin the bottle I think

[@Binarykode]

At least he is not stuck in an old folks home playing with puzzles and playing checkers. It may be a waste of time but he seems to be having fun.

[@chype3242]

My cats breath smells like cats food.

[@demonswithinusall]

Its not a bad idea providing you can harness the energy provided properly and find ways around the couple couple of drawbacks. Energy loss due to friction and the fact that the elastic bands would degrade over time being the largest.

[@Grim48]

If you some how managed to get an object moving constantly as you are attempting to do, the slightest change could throw it off.

[@dewfall56]

Looked more like a perpetually stopped machine.

[@LongIslandEddie]

How can the concept of "perpetual" even concern someone who can expect their perpetuity to last no more than 100 or so years? If this video conveys any one idea, it is the idea that the human mind will continually seek a challenge and without the natural curiosity of people like this guy, we'd never have left the cave and probably not advanced beyond the horse. Sometimes it is necessary to stretch a few rubber bands while really just stretching the mind. Anyway, it's all good.

[@BoilerRoom4]

@chrisofnottingham Thanks for that.

[@vortigauntfan]

I get what he is saying, but the energy to spin the wheel will go down a fraction every time it spins. you cannot have forever perpetual motion unless you have absolutely no friction, or something to make up for the friction.

[@1980PintoMan]

Ok, so what I got was; there it is, all you need is some automatic machinery to make it work. Perfect. At least he wasn't afraid to show his face and explain (try anyway) his contraption.

[@IdahoM2Buell]

@thegunsmith88 Yes, I did watch all of the video. Wasn't commenting on subject of the video, was commenting on the presenter. I consider all KZbin videos of "perpetual motion machines" as fictional entertainment. What he is proposing has the same validity as any other PPM idea.

[@Arturaz1]

i agree although even the smothest metal has makes friction

[@BEllsmaker]

me parece muy interesante y muy importantes todos los inventos que puedan ayudar al ser humano y habria que agradecer a todas las personas creativas e ingeniosas.. independientemente de la edad. algunos comentarios me parecen muy groseros y de total falta de caridad!! very good Constantopes

[@beatlemicah]

AMAZING!!!!!

[@DBT073]

Need to bring a packed lunch to see the massive one revolution per hour..

[@Everfalling]

overunity is impossible. friction will always exist to work against all input energy. if you've made a machine that successfully overcomes friction to power itself even if it doesn't output any net energy then you, sir, would be hailed as one of the greatest scientific minds of our time. if what you say is true, and that overunity is not only possible but simple, it is unimaginably useful. the very smallest upshot would be the massive overhaul in efficiently in all machine designs.

[@Magneticitist]

even if we are talking about man-generated electrical input.. it should still be cheaper. but you could buy a 48 watt solar panel hooked to a modulated pulsing circuit that would create hydrogen gas for you all day in the sun and the electrical input would be completely free aside from the solar panel cost. since we are talking a gas, what is there to refine? a person could literally sell hydrogen that way and make a decent living so it cant be THAT costly.

[@superjin]

To reduce friction. It needs to be in a vacuum. No gas, such as oxygen, means no friction.

[@hhocar]

Korgri korgri!!! you are verrrrrrrrrrry funny man, I laughed so hard that I started to cry!!! I am still laughing....dude he is an old man but full of hope.

[@bimetal7]

yup your right, still hope springs eternal. lol. I still expect the best out of people, sometimes they will surprise you for the good. Nice talking to you.

[@entropede]

that old man is totally stoned

[@steveyboy3333]

amazing !

[@warren52nz]

Half an hour in a physics class would have saved him a lot of trouble. 8^)

[@es7160]

good job rube

[@GetMeThere1]

Why do I feel, watching this...like Cosmo Kramer is suddenly going to pop into view and ask how it's going??

[@chisaoboy]

Good for him for using his brain to think. It's more than the majority of young people on the planet do.

[@mercurio0000]

@roflex2 Thank you for your comment. I understand what you are saying. But the credit that I give him is that he had to think for a lot of hours how to create his invention. I don't have an invention like that. Or like anything. So I give him credit that his not sitting on his butt (like I am) considering his age. Also, I wounder what would happen if an electro magnetic pulse was to travel from one side of the nation to the other. How would we extract water from the ground. Electricity is on all

[@2xtream]

I think you've got it..just maybe bigger rubber bands?

[@tntcustom90]

WE"RE SAVED!!!!!

[@RDubya146]

@bigdogrog84 YES. Awesome comment man. Also the fact that most people don't realize that energy cannot be created. Energy is only transferred. And friction transfers energy, which would ruin any chance of a machine being 100% efficient. Therefore, there is no chance of perpetual motion ever being a reality on earth.

[@TheUghman]

anyway - the machine, if perfect (and it is far from perfect even in theory) could only be 100% efficient - a perpetual motion machine at best (at absolute best, and it can never be that). In order to be of any use for generating power, either mechanical or otherwise, the output must exceed the input (solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, combustion etc. all lose a LOT of energy to the generation process). This is a lovely little tin kering project, though. It is always fun to build stuff! ;D

[@AlicesWondereland]

I think a one way bearing would save him a lot of greef.

[@superjin]

well, it will definitally reduce the amoun of friction

[@walter0bz]

@chrisofnottingham - I suppose we could always "mine" the earth's magnetic field. Energy in the rotation of the core. [ Consequence: destroy the van-alan belts, fry ourselves with cosmic rays ]

[@mectechman1]

What a nice geezer! And have I understood this right: we don't have to pay anything? As he explain from 3:35 to 3:47. But I think there is a small catch here.... I assume the rubber-band market will expand enormously, in more than the usual way, in the forth coming future.

[@utavatar]

this guy was a former economic adviser to Ronald Reagan... he invented "trickle down".

[@100roberthenry]

cool dude....

[@alecjandro]

we are energy....in many ways...we are concients...of this(well, not all us)...the grand pa..only show us one way ..for translate this energy in move....he keeps moving, no matter the time, he keeps trying...grand pa give us one chance for keep on moving to...more of this people i desire...for all of us...the human race are energy, so we only need transtate...our energy in other....