Where to get help or Support for a project of energy generation.

[Dingus Mungus]

Well said Watts...

http://pubs.acs.org/cen/science/84/8430sci1.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/apr/12/opensource.insideit
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070807-google-signs-on-with-open-invention-network.html
http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Open_20Source_20Hardware_20Initiative
http://www.inhandelectronics.com/opensource.asp

Companies all over the world are going open source, and its not just for software these days. The bottom line is people still make money on open source products, but anyone can. This prevents artificial price hikes and corporate gouging. Imagine if you could get fed up with microsofts prices so you started selling windows for 10$. Thats open source. A free market that anyone can take part in.

You would undoubtably be asked to go on a lecture tour after releasing such a technology publicly. Last I heard Al Gore was being paid 100,000$+ per speaking engagement to tell us its getting hot out... You would be telling people how to cool things down. I would pay a little more to hear the latter. Think about it.

~Dingus Mungus

[imsoolazy]

If you do go open source and you are worried about someone else being credited for your invention, write it all down in detail, and mail it to yourself like a normal letter, and never ever open it under any circumstance. If someone else claims it to be theres you have complete documentation.

[linda933]

It's not clear whether you have a working prototype or not.  Do you?  If you have a working machine and can demonstrate it, there are many who will provide help and investment.  If you don't, then you have to ask yourself why not and you need to address that question first!  That's the first question any sponsor will ask!

If the machine is so obvious that just demonstrating it will give away the secret formula, then you might have a problem whether you patent or not.  First, in any case, you need to make sure it really works before you worry about getting anybody else on board or protecting your idea or even giving it away free.  You would surely not be the first to have fooled yourself into thinking you were getting free energy. 

Can you at least tell us if it is a self-running machine or does it require some continuous external input fuel or power?  If it is a self-running machine with no external energy input requirement and you can show it running itself for extended periods and doing some quantifiable amount of free work, then you should have no trouble finding investors and interested promoters.

Linda

[hansvonlieven]

G'day all,

What Imsoolazy is proposing is not a good way of doing it. The only "proof" of prior art would be the date stamp on the envelope. something that can easily be forged, besides it does not prove anything. You can easily mail an envelope with a blank sheet of paper to yourself and  not seal the envelope. After you have received the stamped envelope you can put in anything you want at anytime you want.

This kind of "proof" will not last five minutes in Court if challenged.

A better way is to put your project write-up into an envelope, seal it with sealing wax (yes, they still do stuff like this) and deposit it with a prestigious lawfirm or a public trustee.

After obtaining a receipt, as a second string to the bow, buy a small advert in a newspaper and advertise under, say public notices, the fact that you have deposited an envelope with an invention and give the receipt number or some other unique identifying detail. You do not need to disclose where the envelope is on deposit.

This gives a much better level of protection and is hard to argue with.

Hans von Lieven

[Joh70]

Hallo Hans, geht das auch in Germany? Was k?nnte in good old Germany "a prestigious lawfirm or a public trustee" sein? Und wo in der Tageszeitung kann ich eine solche Anzeige schalten? Wie m?sste der Text lauten um rechtssicher zu sein?