Press coverage
The Engadget Interview: Sean McCarthy, CEO of Steorn
Engadget
Steorn's CEO Sean McCarthy on his belief in the potential of Steorn's Orbo technology, his feelings about the scientific community and skeptics at large, and what happens next for the supposed free energy company. More...
17 July 2007
Perpetual nonsense
The Economist
There's no free lunch in supplying energy More...
13 July 2007
The perpetual myth of free energy
BBC
Professor Sir Eric Ash, electrical engineer and former rector of Imperial College London, visited the demonstration for the BBC News website. More...
9 July 2007
Perpetual commotion
Toronto Star
Be it batteries or bubblegum, everything stops sometime. The only thing that goes on forever is the propensity to make this stuff up. More...
8 July 2007
Free energy? Erm, not yet, says Steorn
The Guardian
Free energy - is it too good to be true? More...
6 July 2007
Powered By Blarney?
Forbes
Call it the triumph of hope over experience. Dublin startup Steorn is promising to demonstrate an invention in London this week that uses magnets to crank out a limitless supply of clean, cheap energy. More...
6 July 2007
Steorn shuts down its "free energy" demo
Salon.com
Violating the laws of physics will have to wait till another day. Steorn, the Irish tech firm that had been planning to demonstrate its "free energy" technology this week in London, has canceled the show, citing a string of irreparable technical difficulties. More...
6 July 2007
Surprise! Perpetual Machine Demo Cancelled
Wired
The world changing technology/art project/prank known as Orbo has taken a rain check. More...
6 July 2007
Irish firm's display of 'free-energy' machine delayed
Belfast Telegraph
Steorn planned to show Orbo at an exhibition today at the Kinetica Museum in London. However this has been delayed due to "technical difficulties". More...
5 July 2007
The heat is on Orbo
Silicon Republic
Last night at 11pm, a device by Irish technology company Steorn that claims to create energy out of thin air, failed to make its first public appearance, as promised, live on the internet. More...
5 July 2007
Dublin company to unveil 'free energy' device
RTE
An Irish company will today reveal controversial technology that allegedly defies basic laws of physics to produce free power. More...
4 July 2007
'Free' energy technology goes on display
Irish Times
Technology developed by an Irish firm that allegedly defies basic laws of physics to produce free power today goes on public display for the first time. More...
4 July 2007
How Free Energy Works
Sky News
November 2006
'Free Energy' Device Row
Sky News
November 2006
Endless Energy Supply?
Fox News
November 2006
Steorn scientific jury selection proceeding
PES Network
5 October 2006
Steorn moves closer to test phase
ZP Energy
5 October 2006
Free Energy in Sight?
Positive News
6 September 2006
How can you patent a perpetual motion machine?
The Guardian
31 August 2006
Steorn and Free Energy
Houston Chronicle
28 August 2006
LIMITLESS CLEAN, FREE ENERGY?
Free Market News Network
28 August 2006
what happened to... Free energy
The Observer
27 August 2006
These men think they're about to change the world
The Guardian
Heard the one about the two Irishmen who say they can produce limitless amounts of clean, free energy? Plenty of scientists have - but few are taking them seriously. Steve Boggan investigates - More...
25 August 2006
Is it infinite energy... or a fast one?
The Financial Express
25 August 2006
The scientists who claim they can create free energy
The Hindu
25 August 2006
Steorn Challenges the First Law of Thermodynamics
SciScoop
25 August 2006
Steorn: A Game or Not A Game, That Is The Question
Alternate Reality Gaming Network
24 August 2006
Free, Clean Energy For All?
ABC News
23 August 2006
Free energy device or elaborate hoax?
News Target
22 August 2006
Free energy? Irish firm invites review of breakthrough
The Pres Enterprise
22 August 2006
From Ireland: An Energy Breakthrough?
National Association of Manufacturers
22 August 2006
Irish Company Steorn Claims To Create Free Energy
Beyond the Punchline
21 August 2006
Scientists flock to test 'free energy' discovery
Digital Silence
21 August 2006
Steorn to Push Tipping Point for Magnet Motor Technology
PES Network
21 August 2006
Irish energy miracle 'a joke'
The Age
20 August 2006
Irish Firm Makes Free Energy Claims
S-Times
20 August 2006
Company claims to have developed new technology that provides unlimited free energy
Gizmag
20 August 2006
Challenge Takes 'The Economist' by 'Steorn'
OhMy News
19 August 2006
World Saved! Pigs Fly! Film at 11.
Political Cortex
19 August 2006
Steorn's Free Energy Technology Challenge
Technology News Daily
18 August 2006
Steorn: inventors of infinite energy, destroyers of laws of thermodynamics?
Engadget
18 August 2006
Irish tech firm discovers free energy [includes video]
RTE Television News
18 August 2006
Dublin company claims to have discovered 'free energy'
The Irish Times
18 August 2006
Dublin company claims to have discovered 'free energy'
Irish Examiner
18 August 2006
Irish company challenges scientists to test 'free energy' technology
Dominican Today
18 August 2006
Irish Company Claims to Have Discovered Free Energy
Team Xbox
18 August 2006
Race On To Prove Free Energy
Sky News
August 2006
Irish tech firm throws down "free energy" gauntlet.
Reuters
17 August 2006