perpetual motion machine?
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how about just bending them a bit?
No.
i still dont see any problem with it. no friction slowing it down. whats the problem then?
You can't gain energy from a magnetic force. This is why magnets can retain their charge and not 'use up' their magnetic field when they attract something.
In this case, the ball goes uphill, however, it cannot be converted to potential energy without breaking it free of the magnetic rail by using more energy than it supposedly gained getting there. ie, the ball falls 'downhill' in the magnetic field as it is pulled 'uphill' in the gravity field.
This is no more a perpetual motion machine or 'free energy' than a ball falling through the air towards the ground is creating 'free energy'.
In this case, the ball goes uphill, however, it cannot be converted to potential energy without breaking it free of the magnetic rail by using more energy than it supposedly gained getting there. ie, the ball falls 'downhill' in the magnetic field as it is pulled 'uphill' in the gravity field.
This is no more a perpetual motion machine or 'free energy' than a ball falling through the air towards the ground is creating 'free energy'.
It will still lose energy though. Still, I'm not averse to thinking there might be some means of extracting energy that gives us all the benefits without necessarily being perpetual motion. Maybe some quantum effect or zero-point or something else perhaps.
Friction isn't the only thing that will slow inertia. All of the machine parts have mass, and there's not a lot you can do about that.
looks like we got a smart crew
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