Japanese Inventor's Motor Uses 80% Less Power

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday April 15, 2004 @07:47AM from the skeptical-eye-on-the-science-guy dept.

novakane007 writes "A Japanese inventor named Kohei Minato has created a new kind of motor. It uses magnetism to perpetuate the motor motion. As a result the motors uses 80% less energy than a conventional motor, while still maintaing the same horsepower. "Minato assures us that he hasn't transcended the laws of physics. The force supplying the unexplained extra power out is generated by the magnetic strength of the permanent magnets embedded in the rotor. 'I'm simply harnessing one of the four fundamental forces of nature,' he says." On top of the energy savings the motor runs cool to the touch and is significantly quieter than a tradtitionally powered fan. Sound to good to be true? Well he's already started selling the fan to a chain of convience stores in Japan. Hopefully soon the design will make it in to your home PC, allowing them to run much quieter."

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Oh good, magnets! by Tofino · 2004-04-15 07:50 · Score: -1, Redundant

Hopefully soon the design will make it in to your home PC, allowing them to run much quieter
Yes, there's nothing better for your CPU and magnetic storage media than putting more magnets in your PC case!
Right next to the disk drive... by revtom · 2004-04-15 07:51 · Score: 0, Redundant

Hopefully soon the design will make it in to your home PC, allowing them to run much quieter.

Yup. Magnets right next to the disk drive. That's smart!

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A magnetic fan to "cool" your computer, Hah by cylcyl · 2004-04-15 07:54 · Score: 0, Redundant

Sounds more like a plan to format my hard disk to me!