http://www.metafilter.com/tags/N-Machine Posts tagged with 'N-Machine' at MetaFilter. Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:28:26 -0800 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:28:26 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/48887/The%2DN%2DMachine Physicist Bruce DePalma has a 100 kilowatt generator which he invented, named 'The N Machine', sitting in his garage. It could power his whole house, but if he turns it on, the government may confiscate it. This is because <a href="http://www.mufor.org/nmachine.html" _blank>the U.S. Patent office <i>automatically denies a patent to any gizmo which purports to produce more energy than it consumes</i></a>, on the grounds that its personnel are not equipped to evaluate such claims. [more inside] tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.48887 Sat, 04 Feb 2006 15:28:26 -0800 energy N-Machine patent physics Effigy2000