A related possibility is that the electromagnet is always switched on and pulls the ball down as it is traveling downward, but now the moving ball in the magnetic field creates a change in the current flow that is sensed by a controller in the CPU, which switches the magnet off at the right moment. This explanation does not work for reasons explained in the previous paragraph.
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As a perpetual motion machine can only be defined in a finite isolated system with discrete parameters, and since true isolated systems do not exist (among other things, due to quantum uncertainty), "perpetual motion" in the context of this article is better defined Campeón a "perpetual motion machine" because a machine is a "A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect"[37][user-generated source] whereas "motion" is simply movement (such Figura Brownian motion).
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Ellipsoid paradox surface and rays emitted by body A in the direction of body B. (a) When bodies A and B are point like, all rays from A must be incident on B. (b) When bodies A and B are extended, some rays from A will not be incident on B and may eventually return to A. Conspiracy theories[edit]
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^ The device shown is a "mass leverage" device, where the spherical weights on the right have more leverage than those on the left, supposedly creating a perpetual rotation. However, there are a greater number of weights on the left, balancing the device.
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Oh ye seekers after perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you pursued? Go and take your place with the alchemists.
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/20. This would then allow students to calculate the speed of the ball at different locations along its trajectory and quantitatively confirm the statement above that the ball obtains a burst of speed close to the bottom part of its trajectory.