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Japanese Inventor's Motor Uses 80% Less Power
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."
...does it run on water?
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Gentlemen...
Ahem... I believe you meant gentlepersons or gentlepeople.
Do you even KNOW how the current models came about?
Do you even KNOW if this stuff's undocumented?
Do you even KNOW if it's unreviewed?
Do you even KNOW if it's unrepeated?
"Junk science" is faulty scientific data and analysis used to used to further a special agenda.
If you've never reviewed the data, how do you know it's junk science?
If you've never attempted to reproduce it, how do you know it's junk science?
You Don't.
Bet you didn't know that the CFC (Freon) research is pretty much junk science- but everyone, probably even you, accepted it as fact. No review, no repeatability or data to truly back up a far-fetched theory (Mother nature dumps more chlorine into the upper atmosphere daily than man ever did with CFC's...).
People ARE documenting this. People are reviewing the work in question. And, people HAVE repeated it and other devices.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
Good job dodging everything I said.