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Magnetic Power, Inc. Technical Status June 15, 2007
Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2007 @ 13:17:40 UTC by vlad
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MPI has demonstrated, to qualified visitors to our facilities who have signed NonDisclosure Agreements, that the breakthrough technology we are developing is real, and can be scaled up at the product level to produce devices analogous to an inexhaustible electric battery. That is, a constant voltage source with arbitrary current supplied below a certain maximum power. MPI’s technology already demonstrates this “constant voltage” output signature characteristic of existing batteries and high-power electrical generators.
Current prototypes demonstrate that this generation of electricity does not produce a damping or a counter-force. Initial prototypes have demonstrated the generation of electric power by this novel, and revolutionary technique. However, early examples were not constructed of optimal materials. Units are now under construction employing better components.
There is no presently known process whereby electricity can be generated without consuming another source, such as the destruction of chemical polarity in a battery, hydrogen and oxygen in a fuel cell, the slowing of rotation in a rotary generator from development of back-torque, or consuming light within solar cells.
MPI’s Magnetic Power Module™ generator technology represents an unprecedented, unique case of electricity being generated without consuming the causative source. The experimental basis for this novel “reaction-less” behavior is now soundly demonstrated, the effect is real.
Further engineering is all that remains necessary to use this novel effect as a permanent, compact source of electricity. A wide variety of designs are possible. The first prototype was a solid-state device about midway between the size of a conventional D-cell battery and an ordinary soda can. Solid-state units will be stout and robust and thereby able to withstand shock and abuse. Small examples will be an excellent fit for compact technologies such as laptop computers, cell phones and portable electronic devices.
MPI’s generator technology has electrical performance very similar to chemical batteries sourcing an electric current, except that the output voltage does not gradually decline with time, but remains indefinitely constant. Larger variations can readily be scaled to produce 1 kW. Modules can be linked, in a manner analogous to photovoltaic cells, to produce any desired level of power.
Mark Goldes
Chairman & CEO
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Re: Magnetic Power, Inc. About Prototypes (Score: 1)
by Overtone on Sunday, June 17, 2007 @ 16:14:03 UTC
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.magneticpowerinc.com | Questions have been raised about MPI prototypes. This comment appeared in answer to those questions on my earlier post and may interest readers of this one.
The prototype of the patent pending generator shown on our
website produced more than 100 times input, as output, in late 2004. However,
we discovered to our surprise that it would be an expensive device, difficult
and complicated to fabricate.
In seeking solutions to these vexing problems, we discovered
an entirely new, breakthrough technology. There are a number of variations
possible. We have built two very different early prototypes using parts that
were very far from optimal. Both confirmed the analysis. An independent
confirmation of this appears on our website by Lee Felsenstein, a distinguished
EE who examined the work.
Self-sustaining prototypes have not yet been achieved.
However, with a bit of luck, we may reach that milestone this summer. There is no doubt at all that it can be
accomplished. The only question is the timeframe.
Have I been overly optimistic in the past? You bet!
Entrepreneurs are afflicted with that syndrome. In this field of new energy,
the tightrope we walk is more difficult than for example in the case of
companies developing ultracapacitors. Maxwell manufactures ultracaps for
Electric Vehicles. That technology is well accepted, after decades of R&D.
Since the dot.com crash, all high-tech firms in this
country, not yet producing revenue, have had a very tough time finding capital.
Companies developing technology that most believe is impossible have had a
difficult time surviving. We are no exception.
If we had our druthers, we would have stayed below the radar
until products were in the market. Had we done that in this financial climate
we would have disappeared five years ago.
Four very large domestic firms have expressed interest in
our work and are likely Strategic Partners. With luck that will mean major
revenue before the end of this year.
Our Business Plan now seeks only a relatively minor
injection of equity capital as a result of the remarkable progress in the lab.
We seem to be attracting more major capital interest at this time than we are
likely to need. However, as of today we are still undercapitalized.
Readers can see that we have, at long last,
achieved our basic goal. MPI has invented a new way to generate electricity
without the need for fuel or any obvious source of energy.
In my earlier post, we invite automobile companies to check out this work since
it can end the need for batteries, engines and fuel-cells. It can also help to
transform and greatly strengthen the economy and rapidly assist with
replacement of fossil and nuclear fuels.
Mark Goldes
Magnetic Power Inc.
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Re: Magnetic Power, Inc. Technical Status June 15, 2007 (Score: 1)
by vlad on Sunday, June 17, 2007 @ 18:32:32 UTC
(User Info | Send a Message) http://www.zpenergy.com | I suggested to Mark, for the future, to submit more “technical updates” rather than general “investment solicitations” ads (emphasizing what benefits MPI modules would provide to our troubled world). This type of ads may work well in the initial stages of raising operating capital, when open minded venture capitalists would support just a good promising idea. But they probably do more harm that good at a later stage, when people following the respective company expect concrete results, progress often based on too optimistic targets/promises made by the company itself (as it is the case with MPI as well). Mark has seen that in the comments he gets everywhere these ads are placed (and I am also taking some heat for continuing to believe in Mark and the MPI’s future).
The trouble inventors have in this field of new energy research, and especially those who promote devices that are of “Free Energy” type (too “fringe” for conventional scientists to accept and too disruptive for conservative politicians and economists to encourage) is credibility. Credibility is quickly lost when promises are broken, regardless of potential valid reasons why.
Most of the legitimate companies developing such revolutionary technologies (like MPI) go for the “traditional” road to market (option one in our survey) … for apparently “valid reasons” (many of Mark’s comments on this site explain that). There are many who say it is the “money and glory” most of the inventors are after (greed, ego) which is always taken advantage of, by “forces” who don’t want this technology out yet, to slow it down or easily suppress it. Certainly, the “giving it all out” for free (posting detailed manufacturing/operating plans on the internet, for example) is an extremist idea that may (should?) be considered as the last resort, out of a long frustration with a more classical approach.
I am all for inventor’s recognition of his/her/their accomplishment and IP priority, and for proper financial rewarding, given the immense value of any fuel-less energy technology in the current world market place. Even though this seems fair and “option 1” in our current survey (“What is inventor's best & safest path to success?”) is a clear winner, I personally favor option 4. This is because the patenting process is so long and expensive these days, and risky - I might add, due to the Invention Secrecy Act that can legally “kill/bury” any invention deemed “a threat” to national security (you don’t need to stretch your imagination much to see how disruptive/”threatening” a FE device can really be).
My experience also tells me that getting enough investment capital without a clear proof of concept (a “crude” but working prototype) is very, very hard. Most of the time it leads to insufficient funds to adequately cover proper research/development and contingencies for unavoidable setbacks, so frequent in this line of work (mostly based on empirical experimentation rather than formal theory). If your old investors do not continue their support to get you through hard times and help you prove you have a marketable product, you’re forced out again soliciting for more funds, but this time having to explain the broken promises as well. Staying “below the radar” until products are in the market would be ideal but the history of those few FE inventions that appear to be genuine proves that it has never been successful.
I’ve always said that if you’re convinced you have a “prove of concept” device that will pass any rigorous scientific test, you should do what Steorn did (not what cold fusion’s two inventors did, coming out too early with their poorly reproducible experiment – even by themselves - risking scientific test’s failure, which crushed their credibility in the public’s eye). The fear for “publicity onslaught” is what scares small companies such as MPI (I was told). I believe that can be managed (with PR skills and discipline) but, on the other hand, it would certainly guarantee your invention can not be suppressed anymore; people will know who you are and what you did and demand to know the test results. The tests can be carefully conducted (under NDA, possible without any trade secrets disclosed) and if successful, there will be no shortage of investors and notoriety (patent protection can still be obtained at that stage).
That is why I proposed the constitution of “The Xtreme Science Foundation” (XSF), an international nonprofit organization with the main purpose to carry out independent, objective, unbiased and widely accepted scientific validation of "private research" in the field of new energy technologies, research that the present scientific community and media would otherwise consider an unacceptable departure from the conventional thinking. The Foundation relies on an innovative fund raising process based on participation and support from the general public, scientific institutions, and the business community, and be able to provide the testing service to inventors for free. XSF will also award a significant monetary prize (XS-NRG Prize) to those with revolutionary technologies which prove to be viable, and will also guarantee wide media exposure to ensure the respective technology gets investment support for bringing it to the market (those who want to get involved with this project can contact me directly).
Vlad
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