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SiliconFreak -> US grants patent for anti-gravity device ! (11/12/2005 6:11:31 PM)
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Accusations that the US Patent office is giving out dotty patents were given some credence this week after the magazine Nature discovered that the watchdog had just granted one to a bloke who claimed to have invented an anti-gravity machine.
Boris Volfson, of Huntington, is the proud holder of patent 6,960,975, which is for a space vehicle propelled by a superconducting shield that alters the curvature of space-time outside the craft in a way that counteracts gravity.
The interesting thing about the invention is that it defies the laws of physics and is put in the same league as a perpetual motion machine.
The main problem with inventing such a machine is that it implies the availability of unlimited energy, which it is unlikely that Mr Volfson has managed to do yet.
[image]http://www.theinquirer.net/images/articles/gravity.gif[/image]
The American Physical Society said it proved that the patent examiners are being duped by false science.
More here.
Source : TheInquirer
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