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The Museum of Unworkable Devices

Jippy_ writes "The quest for perpetual motion has been going on since at least the 11th century according to this site, and scientists have been getting it wrong ever since. Take a gander at some of the most valiant efforts (and ultimately the biggest failures) in trying to beat the laws of physics through the last 1000 years, along with other impossible inventions and devices."

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  1. The newest item added to the exhibition... by netsharc · · Score: 4, Funny

    the server that hosted the site!

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  2. Goody! Lots of ideas... by irritating+environme · · Score: 5, Funny

    For new bogus-physics product companies to get coverage from wired.com and get 10 million in funding

    I think that the problem with these devices isn't the laws of physics per se, I think its just that they were never properly marketed.

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  3. Re:Why didn't they just ask... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In this house we obey the laws of Thermodynamics!

  4. Unworkable-DRM. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My nomination for the museum of unworkable devices is DRM

  5. Buttered toast by TummyX · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where's the cat with buttered toast attached to its back?

    1. Re:Buttered toast by macemoneta · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought that was an anti-gravity device? At least that's what I've been using mine for.

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  6. Do they have the ultimate 20th-c vaporware? by saskboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hydrogen Fuel Cells?

    Surely they must be there, at least for another 10 years ;-)

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  7. Well, there's your perpetual motion, right there. by blair1q · · Score: 5, Funny

    The quest for perpetual motion has been going on since at least the 11th century

    Without ever stopping!

  8. and the timecube? by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    what of the timecube?

    I have requested that the UCS, or
    Union of Concerned Scientists, act
    to evaluate Nature's Harmonic Time
    Cube Principle of Creation - for the
    welfare of children, nature and the
    future of all humanity. The dumb,
    stupid and evil bastards have ignored
    their obligation to their humanity
    fellowship to research Time Cube,
    and deserve to be spit upon publicly.
    It is their moral duty to test Time
    Cube, and a curse of evil if they ignore
    the greatest discovery of humanity.
    I have offered $10,000.00 to the evil
    bastards if they disprove Time Cube.
    They can't disprove it, so they hide
    like yellow-belly bastards they are.

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  9. I've got it!!! by heli0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A flawless design for a perpetual motion machine... the only thing I need to make it work are a couple monopole magnets and a room-temperature superconductor. Honest!

    Send $1,000 to P.O. box 324, NY, NY 20002 to get in on the ground floor!!

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    1. Re:I've got it!!! by neurostar · · Score: 4, Funny

      Send $1,000 to P.O. box 324, NY, NY 20002 to get in on the ground floor!!

      I'm guessing that with the intelligence of some of the /. crowd, you should be recieving approximately $20,000 in unmarked bills within the next week...

      ;)

      neurostar
  10. I have a source of unlimited power by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Troll Engine.

    what it does is post a comment extoling the virtues of Windows 95 over Linux. It then uses the heat generated by the ensuing flamewar to power a small town.

  11. almost by trb · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have a design for a perpetual motion machine that almost works.