Young inventors test energy saving engine

I’m not sure what to make of this. It appears to be claiming a superior engine but the patent information is really weak, no diagrams or detailed descriptions. I searched everywhere I could think of and didn’t find any additional details. It does say it can be ‘refilled’ for about $255. What is it refilled with?

One of the problems I have with the claims is that the motor has a ‘power range of 40-50MW’…MW??? Thats million watts of energy. It has to be a typo or some glitch. Since one Horsepower = 750Watts…then a 300HP car engine would produce 225,000 watts or 225KW. Range would be distance traveled between refills.

More precisely, it says the engine can run for a 4.5 km lakh run. Lakh = 100,000 so that would be 450,000 km which is 280,000 miles between refills that cost $255 so that would be 1,098 miles for $1 of fuel.

Anyway, it is an interesting claim that needs a lot more followup and a lot more details.

“A young couple from Patna have invented an energy-saving engine, at a cost of Rs 35,000 ($891.00), which can run without petrol or diesel and can last for a 4.5-lakh kilometre run. Kanishk and Lipika Sinha are a wife-husband team of inventors of the fuel-free engine that they invented some three years ago. Kanishk Sinha recently got the engine patented (1077/Del/2005) with BigPatents India, a body supported by the Ford Foundation. The duo today carried out a demonstration by running a bicycle with the engine. Though the mechanic who ran it seemed tad afraid of its speed at first, later he managed an effective demonstration. “The vehicle made to run without conventional form of fuel is based on the law of interconvertible energy which states that total energy in an isolated system is conserved and can neither be created nor destroyed. “The motor created by us has a power range of 40-50MW, good enough to meet the needs of a four-wheeler,” explained Lipika. The inventors added that an engine would cost Rs 35,000 and can be refilled for Rs 10,000 ($255.00). Any four-wheeler could be fitted with the eco-friendly fuel-free engine. Though both claimed that there are thin chances of an engine breakdown, the husband-wife team have taken it upon themselves to train engineers and mechanics and place the engines in towns across Bihar and Bengal. “We received a proposal from Tata Motors stating that they would like to give our invention a brand name and its service centres,” said Kanishk. The engine has no exhaust pipes and thus it is pollution free. “Another strong feature is its suitability. It can bear the rough, tough and bumpy Bihar roads,” said the young man enthusiastically. - Source / THE ECO FRIENDLY VEHICLE/ ENGINE - Application 1077/DEL/2005 published 2005-06-03, filed 2005-05-02 - The vehicle made to run without conventional form of fuel that we use today, i.e. petrol or diesel. It is based on the law of interconvertible energy i.e. total energy in an isolated system is conserved. In this system energy can neither be created nor destroyed. This production of electricity is actually inter conversion of mechanical energy into the desirable form of utilizable energy needed to run the vehicle. The power range of the motor that is i.e. 40-50MW is expected to meet the (simulated energy) needs of the vehicle. - Big Indian patent

Egypt to Copyright Pyramids and Sphynx

How pathetic is this for greed? If it goes through, think of all the limitations for historic sites worldwide…geez, the Egyptians didn’t even BUILD the pyramids…and have no clue who did or how.

When I was there, I never saw more lazy people walking around scratching their balls and drinking hot cafe. The hotels and buildings, many built by German, French, British and Americans were falling apart and they couldn’t seem to do the simplest maintenance.

I rented one of the sailboats on the Nile river down in Luxor for the 5 hour trip that took us out several miles and then we sailed back. The captain of the boat was educated in England so spoke perfect english. He wore a big diaper thing and nothing else like so many of them do.

We talked a lot and I laid back on pillows while dragging my hand off the edge of the low slung boat. He told me a few years ago, before the dam, crocodiles would have bitten my hand off but now they get chopped up in the machinery if they try to pass through.

I had noticed that just about everyone man who wore the long dress galibeyah had an annoying habit of scratching their balls and ‘tugging’. So I asked this 24 year old captain why they do this, are they infected or what?

Quite candidly he told me that Egyptian culture was quite different from Americans. He said an American gets up first thing, he is off and running, thinking about what all he wants to accomplish that day.

But when an Egyptian wakes up, he yawns, stretches, scratches his balls and continues to do this all day. I’m sure it was a joke but still, he was trying to say there was no ambition or motivation which might be from lack of opportunities, who knows?

Whatever they think they might have been in the past, devolution has certainly changed that. The same applies to many ‘lost’ cultures and always makes me ask, what happened to them if they were so great?

Anyway, this copyrighting images of historic, even ancient sites is the stupidest thing I’ve seen in awhile and I don’t think such a claim would stand up in court since its been in the public domain for so many centuries.

“We all know the usual pro-copyright arguments. Most of them hinge on the fact that the individual or company that has a copyright needs an incentive to make something that is copyrightable, and therefore ensure a revenue stream in a period after the copyright has been granted. In a never-surpassed move, Egypt is working on legislation to extend copyright well above 3000 years — they are going to start claiming royalties for using likenesses of the Sphynx and the Pyramids. It is still unclear whether the original intent of the Pyramids included ‘making sure them bastards pay for a plastic copy in 3000 years’ alongside ’securing a pathway to the heavens for the God King.’ Speaking as a Greenlandic national, I want dibs on ice cubes.” - Source

Free Downloadable Flash Games

If you like simple fun games, check these out. I downloaded them all and have run maybe 20 of them so far to check out. No problems.

Right Click and “Save As” to your computer… These games are “standalone” - they run as programs… Remember where you put them! All have been thoroughly virus checked. - Source

I received an email saying, “We followed one of the source links - 12/26/07 Free Downloadable Flash Games - and started to run one of the games offered. Then our virus scan software, McAfee 8.0, came into action warning us that a Trojan was hidden in the executable. That saved the day and triggered us to send this e-mail.” They didn’t say which game caused the alarm, so I downloaded them all, burned them to a CD and ran an AVG virus scan on the CD with no errors. Some antivirus software gives false detects on .EXE programs. I ran several of the games and didn’t experience any problems, plus last night I scanned my entire drive using Spysweeper and AVG with nothing detected. Waiting for an email for which game cause the error. - JWD