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"Free" energy firm to make over €2m this year
Steorn, the Dublin firm that claims to have created free energy, expects to take in more than €2 million this year from people paying to use its technology.
17.12.2009 12:22
Orbo Strikes Back: Perpetual Motion Machine Demonstrated
Steorn is back, and it is still hawking its perpetual-motion machine, the Orbo. We spent several carefree days back in the summer of 2007 ridiculing the whole project, which purported to use spinning wheels and magnets to generate more electricity than the little Orbo took to...
17.12.2009 12:22
Steorn's Orbo free energy system on display
Steorn, developers of free-energy gadget called Orbo, have managed to survive for six years without having successfully demonstrated the technology in public. It must be some kind of record. But yesterday, an Orbo was installed at the Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre, and you can see a live video stream of the Orbo chugging away.
16.12.2009 14:26
Steorn s free energy device goes on display
More than two years ago, on 4 July, 2007, Irish company Steorn made bold claims about Orbo, a device that CEO Sean McCarthy said created free energy. Amidst high publicity, the device failed to work on its unveiling but today Steorn is back and has the device on public display here in...
15.12.2009 17:14
Steorn shows revolving Orbo to the public
Rupert Goodwins ZDNet UK 2009-12-15 16:27:19 Steorn shows revolving Orbo to the...
15.12.2009 16:27
Steorn's perpetual motion machine. Battery included.
I didn't get an invite to the grand Steorn unveiling of its Orbo technology, but at the moment the doors were opened to the public, a ZDNet UK reader popped in and started relaying pictures and commentary back to...
15.12.2009 16:00
'Free energy' device on display
Controversial technology which allegedly defies the laws of physics to create free power has gone on public display - two years after a much-heralded demonstration ended in...
15.12.2009 15:29
Steorn's e-Orbo self-looped electromagnetic motor demonstration underway
The long-awaited, public demo of electromagnetic overunity that is self-looped to keep itself running continuously, is now under way, with Steorn's e-Orbo being shown at Diblin's Waterways...
15.12.2009 08:29
Steorn plans Orbo free energy demo in 2009
Having solved a problem with bearings, coming up with a magnetic bearing system that can handle the stresses that would destroy regular bearings, Steorn is nearing readiness to give a public display of various Orbo systems via a live video-stream from location.
28.9.2009 01:36
Steorn USB Hall Probe For Better and Cost Effective Measurements
Dublin based Steorn is back with a new USB Hall Probe for detecting the fluctuations in any magnetic field.
28.6.2009 10:47
Irish 'energy for nothing' gizmo fails jury vetting
A MUCH-TRUMPETED plan for limitless supplies of free energy has been dashed by the revelation that something cannot be produced from nothing. An Irish company had promised it could deliver non-polluting, virtually cost-free power but an international jury said yesterday it did not...
24.6.2009 00:30
Steorn to begin Middle East tour from Doha
Source ::: THE PENINSULA DOHA: The Finland-based alternative energy company Steorn will kick-start its Middle East face-to-face discussions regarding the principles behind its newly-developed controversial Orbo technology, from Doha.
11.2.2009 01:29
Steorn Raises the Magnetic Curtain
Excess energy reported by independent...
5.2.2009 11:34
Steorn returns, promises to open Orbo specs, give you a pony
The last time we heard from Steorn, the company had just joined a long line of optimistic but doomed people and companies unable to actually demo free-energy tech when put the test -- and although the Orbo didn't actually do anything, CEO Sean McCarthy promised us that we'd eventually get a working demo with.
4.2.2009 22:20
Everything you need to know about science
WE'RE in for a hot year in science. Will energy-source breakthroughs end fears of global warming? The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is backing a nuclear fusion experiment called LIFE, which he says will be the clean solution to US energy needs.
13.1.2009 23:45
'Free energy' firm generated 8m in funding
The appliance of science: Steorn chief executive Sean McCarthy at at a photo call last year Steorn, the controversial Irish company which claims to have defied the basic laws of physics by developing "free energy" technology, secured over 8m in funding from a range of investors to continue its research in..
10.8.2008 05:37
Ben Goldacre: Perpetual motion goes into reverse
You might remember an Irish company called Steorn: in August 2006 it took out a full page advert in the Economist to announce that it had discovered a source of free energy, a perpetual motion machine no less, in triumphant defiance of that stuffy first law of thermodynamics.
11.7.2007 11:38
Steorn hits a snag in its free energy experiment
Dublin firm Steorn suffered a setback last week in its attempt to prove it had found a way to generate free energy. A planned demonstration, due to take place in London last Wednesday, was cancelled after part of the company s technology, a device called Orbo, failed to work.
8.7.2007 04:51
Tech Trouble for Perpetual Energy Demo
Steorn, the Irish technology development company based in Dublin, postponed yesterday's much-anticipated demonstration of what it claims is 'a real-life application' of a free energy technology -- a perpetual motion machine.
7.7.2007 02:09
Infinite power machine demo postponed
Technical difficulties in breaking the law of energy...
6.7.2007 23:52
Steorn: Too Hot Today For Free Energy, Please Come Back Later
So much for the much hyped Steorn demo - after getting the world all jazzed up for a quick rewrite of the laws of physics the other day (they promised to break the fundamental law of conservation of energy by creating new energy from nothing), the public demo was cancelled.
6.7.2007 23:48
'Free energy' demonstration falls through
Sean McCarthy of Steorn. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian The story of Steorn - an Irish company claiming that it has found a way to create 'free energy' - has been going on for a while, particularly since they placed an ad in the Economist asking for independent review of their system.
6.7.2007 18:43
Free energy? Erm, not yet, says Steorn
Sean McCarthy of Steorn. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian The story of Steorn - an Irish company claiming that it has found a way to create 'free energy' - has been going on for a while, particularly since they placed an ad in the Economist asking for independent review of their system.
6.7.2007 15:52
Endless Energy Supply?
Imagine never having to worry about hurricanes and energy impact, imagine never having to gas up your car again or recharge your cell phone. An endless supply of energy that does not harm the environment and won't cost you a dime.
1.11.2006 12:00
Row Over Firm's 'Free Energy' Device
A fierce debate is raging over claims by an Irish engineering firm it has built a device that creates free - and totally clean - energy.
8.9.2006 21:00
How Free Energy Works
Steorn has developed all-magnet motor technology which produces free energy. The company's CEO, Sean McCarthy, has explained his theory and how it works.
8.9.2006 12:00
Race on to Prove Free Energy
Since the eight century scientists have been trying to develop a machine with the power to change the world, able to produce a limitless supply of energy.
20.8.2006 12:00