Yesterday, Steorn started advertising Orbo on Al Jazeera. The hope is that some rich oil sheik will think Orbo is real and will pay big enough money for Steorn\'s worthless IP.

If what this guy says is true then it should run without the battery. Start the thing and pull the battery out of the loop. No? Because it wont work. LOL

obviously this is not BULLSHIT

the scientists at ITER are already working on nuclear fusion technology which promises us al lot of power without radioactive wastes(although the inner components of the fusion reactor will become \'activated\'). Altough people are not quite used to \"Nuclear Reactors\", it is theoratically much more safer than the traditional nuclear fission reactors which are prone to meltdowns. And if only deuterium-deuterium(hydrogen2 molecule) fusion is achieved, we will have almost unlimitied amount of reactor fuel from the ocean. So my bet is on nuclear fusion which has the potential to power the all our energy needs and more.

per·pet·u·al (pr-pch-l) adj. 1. Lasting for eternity. 2. Continuing or lasting for an indefinitely long time. 3. Instituted to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration: a treaty of perpetual friendship. 4. Continuing without interruption.
And how long does your battery live? Pure Blarney!!

I don\'t know who is more deluded.
The Orbo Company that says this energy MAGIC is true or the people who pretend to \"test\" the unit.
The simplest way is to have unbiased people build one from the Orbo companies direction.
Without the Orbo company people ever touching the new device and then see if it works.
If it works everyone wins and we must insure they get a big pay day. If it fails they can try again but most of us can focus on better options.

This reminds me of the Family Guy episode where it explains what happened to the Irish scientists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pknMU24uDrs Ed web/gadget guru

First law of thermodynamics: There\'s no such thing as free energy.

100% peripheral factoids and rhetorical non-sequiturs from Gizmag.
No mention of three qualified engineers affirming its over-unity functionality, by name and on video, of course:
http://www.steorn.com/iframe-vid3.html

Loving the pig\'s arse image there Gizmag
Steorn do seem to have overlooked some important factors, especially when making their \"no degradation of parts\" claim, in that they are using a chemical rechargeable battery that will naturally deplete to zero performance over a sufficient number of charging cycles.
Also, even if it is a small point, there will be unavoidable degradation of the bearings and mounts over time. If the claims really were valid any logical inventor would be demonstrating the solid-state version as such an example would be much more difficult to refute than a rotating motor hooked up to a battery.
Unfortunately, this does appear to be yet another dead end, but we live in hope...