I read through the messages on this thread and couldn't find any conclusions. But it is one of the two: 1. This is a hoax or bad experiment. 2. This is real and rocks physics.
The original web pub is: http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~wistrom/
I don't know if this is what they published in 'Europhysics Letters'. It's rather light for a physics publication.
As for the argument that the charge moves across the sphere at a speed low enough to create the torque is ludicrous, it flies in the face of Maxwell.
If it turns, (no pun intended), out that there is a measurable torque from an electrostatic field, fasten your seat belt. The physics world is about to be shaken. This is very major stuff, if real.
Simple calculations will show that the best hydrogen infrastructure would produce more atmospheric carbon and cost more energy than the current crummy 20% efficiency we are getting on the highways today. To move to hydrogen implies a well developed hybrid production.
So, if you have sold America on hybrids, why not constant velocity ICE power sources, or better yet, methane feed SOFC hybrids. This technology would be three to four times more efficient than is possible with hydrogen in short order.
Pushing hydrogen is a sham as long as we produce electricity with fossil fuels.
Best, Dan.
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Yes, absolutely different.
The rotation is cause by a field that is not symmetrical to the axis. The bottle continues to rotate from commutation.
Best, Dan.
I read through the messages on this thread and couldn't find any conclusions. But it is one of the two:
1. This is a hoax or bad experiment.
2. This is real and rocks physics.
The original web pub is:
http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~wistrom/
I don't know if this is what they published in 'Europhysics Letters'. It's rather light for a physics publication.
As for the argument that the charge moves across the sphere at a speed low enough to create the torque is ludicrous, it flies in the face of Maxwell.
If it turns, (no pun intended), out that there is a measurable torque from an electrostatic field, fasten your seat belt. The physics world is about to be shaken. This is very major stuff, if real.
Best, Dan.
Simple calculations will show that the best hydrogen infrastructure would produce more atmospheric carbon and cost more energy than the current crummy 20% efficiency we are getting on the highways today. To move to hydrogen implies a well developed hybrid production. So, if you have sold America on hybrids, why not constant velocity ICE power sources, or better yet, methane feed SOFC hybrids. This technology would be three to four times more efficient than is possible with hydrogen in short order. Pushing hydrogen is a sham as long as we produce electricity with fossil fuels. Best, Dan.