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Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor

66 pointsby klhugoover 6 years ago

5 comments

eganistover 6 years ago
Fascinating. I&#x27;d put a bit more faith in this one on the grounds that 1) the Navy probably wouldn&#x27;t waste legal cycles on filling this one if it hadn&#x27;t been reduced to practice, and 2) there looks like there&#x27;s still energy lost to heat, if I&#x27;m reading correctly:<p>&gt; An electromagnetic coil is circumferentially positioned around the coating such that when the coil is activated with a pulsed current, a non-linear vibration is induced, enabling room temperature superconductivity.<p>I&#x27;m presuming there&#x27;s still energy loss taking place with the coil that wraps the wire. So it seems you enable superconductivity and some of its associated benefits but you&#x27;re still going to have some energy loss since it&#x27;s... for lack of a better term, an active superconductor rather than a passive one.<p>I wonder if the heat output of the coil is drastically reduced compared to the heat you&#x27;d get from electrifying e.g. the sort of cable this seeks to replace?
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baybal2over 6 years ago
Anonymous experts from Slashdot have found out that the filer has a fabulous history of patent filings for perpetual motion engines.
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williamscalesover 6 years ago
I&#x27;ll believe it when I see the data.
rogerbover 6 years ago
No
henrikschroderover 6 years ago
Betteridge&#x27;s law probably applies.
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