Hydrogen-based Rotary Engine?

Seabird99 writes: "I came across this article at one of my car related forums and thought that I'd pass it on here. I have always been intrigued by "alternative" technologies where they relate to artificial locomotion." For some reason Slashdot gets a lot of submissions of wacko energy concepts - power from nothing, power from sand, power from a black box, engines that get 500 miles to the gallon... Perhaps this is more of the same, but at least it's an interesting write-up.

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Wacky?

[tomknight]

I guess that'd explain why Mazda have bothered to push money into researching this....

Here's a little more info if you weant to do some research.

Tom.

McMaster Motor site

[kryzx]

Here's the McMaster Motor site complete with a little animation of the engine.

Looking at it helps me understand the way it works. I don't know if this will ever come to fruition, but I sure hope it does. Even if it doesn't, he's a revolutionary thinker with a significant record of success, and deserves our praise and respect for that.