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The motionless electromagnetic generator (MEG) is a device which has been claimed to have demonstrated over-unity operation. The principal inventor is Thomas Bearden. Allegedly, the device can eventually sustain its operation in addition to powering a load without application of external electrical power. 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.[2]
The MEG has never been independently verified and there is no known working prototype.[3] 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.[4]
Thomas E. Bearden
Bearden is a retired Lieutenant colonel from the U.S. Army[citation needed]. He has publicly identified himself as "Ph.D."[5] 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.[6][7]
AIAS Group
Bearden has been the program manager of an institute called AIAS (the Alpha Foundation's Institute for Advanced Study).[8][9] 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.[10] 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."[11]
References
- ^ Motionless electromagnetic generator, Sep 6, 2000
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- ^ Tom Bearden, "Subject: RE: MEG Funding" Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:44:21 -0600, Tom Bearden's official website
- ^ 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
- ^ Tom Bearden, correspondence, 14 Jan 2003
- ^ Martin Gardner, "'Dr' Bearden's Vacuum Energy", Skeptical Enquirer, Vol 31.1, Jan/Feb 2007
- ^ 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.