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The '''motionless electromagnetic generator''' ('''MEG''') is a device |
The '''motionless electromagnetic generator''' ('''MEG''') is a device created primarily by Thomas Bearden, who claims the device produces more power than it uses - a "free energy" or [[over-unity]] device. The MEG has never been independently verified and there is no known (official) working [[prototype]].<ref>Tom Bearden, "''[http://www.cheniere.org/correspondence/011905.htm Subject: RE: MEG Funding]''" Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:44:21 -0600, Tom Bearden's official website</ref> A 3rd party version claimed to have replicated Bearden's claims, but the data clearly showed the opposite.<ref>Shawn Bishop, [http://www.rexresearch.com/meg/meg-debunked.pdf "In Disdain of Garbage Physics"], Simon Fraser University/TRIUMF, June 2002</ref> The inventors claim that it works by extracting energy from the [[vacuum]], and therefore does not violate the [[First Law of Thermodynamics]]. Bearden's theories are rejected by the scientific community at large and the claimed physical mechanism is considered impossible.<ref>Anastasovski, et al, Foundations of Physics Letters, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2001), available at [http://www.cheniere.org/references/found%20phys%20letters/no%201%202001/index.html cheniere.org]</ref> |
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The MEG was granted US Patent 6,362,718 in 2002, and as a result has become something of a [[cause célèbre]] of the poor quality of patents being granted today. The topic has been the subject of numerous articles and papers, along with many other examples of [[perpetual motion]] devices that are now commonly being patented due to a lack of proper oversight. |
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==Description== |
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| ⚫ | The MEG, as described in the patent, is a simple device consisting of a modified transformer, several permanent magnets, and various control circuity systems. One sceptic pointed out that the device strongly resembles a standard [[transformer]], with the exception of a [[permanent magnet]] and two actuator coils being included in the design.<ref name="phact">{{cite web |url= http://www.phact.org/e/z/BeardenReview.htm |title= Tom Bearden - A Critical Examination of His Claims |archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090208083132/http://www.phact.org/e/z/beardenreview.htm |archivedate= 2009-02-08 |publisher= Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT) |author= Erik Krieg }}</ref> |
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==History== |
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| ⚫ | Bearden is a retired [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant colonel]] from the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]. Bearden has publicly identified himself as "[[Ph.D.]]"<ref>[http://www.cheniere.org/books/excalibur/glossary/014edited.htm cheniere.org]</ref> and claims he received a doctorate for "life experience and for life accomplishment" from "[[Bronte International University|Trinity College]]", which is widely considered to be a [[diploma mill]].<ref name=Gardner>[[Martin Gardner]], [http://www.csicop.org/si/show/dr._bearden_vacuum_energy/ "'Dr' Bearden's Vacuum Energy"], ''Skeptical Enquirer'', January/February 2007</ref> |
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Bearden had long been known for a series of claims about Soviet devices which purportedly were used for mind-control, causing earthquakes, or causing various illnesses - all from the same device.<ref name=Gardner/> In the post-Soviet world, these have been re-cast as terrorist weapons. The MEG is supposed to be based on the same physics as these devices, which in early papers are invariably referred to as "scalar wave" devices. Like many crank theories of the era, "scalar waves" were picked up from [[Brans–Dicke theory]], a well-known alternative to conventional [[General Relativity]] that was a topic of considerable research during the 1960s and 70s. In various papers, including the patent, scalar waves and [[zero-point energy]] are interchangeably used, although they have nothing in common.<ref name=Gardner/> |
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Bearden has also constructed a lengthy [[conspiracy theory]] in which he and other free energy proponents are caught. Among these claims are lengthy sections about "shooters", devices that purportedly cause [[heart attack]]s from a distance. [[Stan Meyer]], of hydrino fame, is one claimed victim. In another example, Bearden claims that while he was walking through a Texas airport, someone near him suddenly died. He concludes this was caused by a dart of ice dipped in [[curare]], "that was apparently just to teach me ‘they’ were serious."<ref name=Gardner/> |
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For all of these reasons, Bearden is well know in the skeptic circles as one of "one of the best known crackpots",<ref>[http://www.ka9q.net/crackpots/ "Crackpots"]</ref> or even "the looniest crackpot ".<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2007/02/26/the-jackpot-of-crankery-woo-ph-1/ "The Jackpot of Crankery: Woo Physics, Woo Medicine, Woo Politics, and Woo Math"]</ref><ref>[http://americanloons.blogspot.ca/2013/03/480-tom-bearden.html "#480: Tom Bearden"</ref> |
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The motionless electromagnetic generator (MEG) is a device created primarily by Thomas Bearden, who claims the device produces more power than it uses - a "free energy" or over-unity device. The MEG has never been independently verified and there is no known (official) working prototype.[2] A 3rd party version claimed to have replicated Bearden's claims, but the data clearly showed the opposite.[3] The inventors claim that it works by extracting energy from the vacuum, and therefore does not violate the First Law of Thermodynamics. Bearden's theories are rejected by the scientific community at large and the claimed physical mechanism is considered impossible.[4]
The MEG was granted US Patent 6,362,718 in 2002, and as a result has become something of a cause célèbre of the poor quality of patents being granted today. The topic has been the subject of numerous articles and papers, along with many other examples of perpetual motion devices that are now commonly being patented due to a lack of proper oversight.
Description
The MEG, as described in the patent, is a simple device consisting of a modified transformer, several permanent magnets, and various control circuity systems. One sceptic pointed out that the device strongly resembles a standard transformer, with the exception of a permanent magnet and two actuator coils being included in the design.[5]
History
Thomas E. Bearden
Bearden is a retired Lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army. Bearden has publicly identified himself as "Ph.D."[6] and claims he received a doctorate for "life experience and for life accomplishment" from "Trinity College", which is widely considered to be a diploma mill.[7]
Bearden had long been known for a series of claims about Soviet devices which purportedly were used for mind-control, causing earthquakes, or causing various illnesses - all from the same device.[7] In the post-Soviet world, these have been re-cast as terrorist weapons. The MEG is supposed to be based on the same physics as these devices, which in early papers are invariably referred to as "scalar wave" devices. Like many crank theories of the era, "scalar waves" were picked up from Brans–Dicke theory, a well-known alternative to conventional General Relativity that was a topic of considerable research during the 1960s and 70s. In various papers, including the patent, scalar waves and zero-point energy are interchangeably used, although they have nothing in common.[7]
Bearden has also constructed a lengthy conspiracy theory in which he and other free energy proponents are caught. Among these claims are lengthy sections about "shooters", devices that purportedly cause heart attacks from a distance. Stan Meyer, of hydrino fame, is one claimed victim. In another example, Bearden claims that while he was walking through a Texas airport, someone near him suddenly died. He concludes this was caused by a dart of ice dipped in curare, "that was apparently just to teach me ‘they’ were serious."[7]
For all of these reasons, Bearden is well know in the skeptic circles as one of "one of the best known crackpots",[8] or even "the looniest crackpot ".[9][10]
AIAS Group
Bearden has been the program manager of an institute called AIAS (the Alpha Foundation's Institute for Advanced Study).[11][12] A collection of papers by the AIAS Group that were published by an institute titled the "Institute of New Energy", included Bearden's theories related to the MEG.[13] One analysis of the theories put forward by the AIAS Group describes them as "full of misconceptions and misunderstandings concerning the theory of the electromagnetic field."[14]
References
- ^ Motionless electromagnetic generator, Sep 6, 2000
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- ^ Shawn Bishop, "In Disdain of Garbage Physics", Simon Fraser University/TRIUMF, June 2002
- ^ Anastasovski, et al, Foundations of Physics Letters, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2001), available at cheniere.org
- ^ Erik Krieg. "Tom Bearden - A Critical Examination of His Claims". Philadelphia Association for Critical Thinking (PhACT). Archived from the original on 2009-02-08.
- ^ cheniere.org
- ^ a b c d Martin Gardner, "'Dr' Bearden's Vacuum Energy", Skeptical Enquirer, January/February 2007
- ^ "Crackpots"
- ^ "The Jackpot of Crankery: Woo Physics, Woo Medicine, Woo Politics, and Woo Math"
- ^ [http://americanloons.blogspot.ca/2013/03/480-tom-bearden.html "#480: Tom Bearden"
- ^ Webarchive: Office of Transportation - Advanced Electromagnetic Theory Working Group - Contact Information, 25 March 2013
- ^ AIAS Website, 25 March 2013
- ^ Institute of New Energy Website, 25 March 2013
- ^ Trovon De Carvalho, A. L.; Rodrigues, W. A. (July 15, 2003). "The non-sequitur mathematics and physics of the New Electrodynamics proposed by the AIAS group" (PDF). Random Operators and Stochastic Equations. 9 (2). Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.: 161–206. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
We show that the AIAS group collection of papers on a "new electrodynamics" recently published in the Journal of New Energy, as well as other papers signed by that group (and also other authors) appearing in other established physical journals and in many books published by leading international publishers (see references) are full of misconceptions and misunderstandings concerning the theory of the electromagnetic field and contain fatal mathematical flaws, which invalidates almost all claims done by the authors.