Steorn?s upcoming demo in London , Uk !?

[hartiberlin]

What a bunch of amateurs are these Steorn people ?

They had over one year to prepare this demo and now it
seems to be dependant on the lighting of a few bulbs for the webcamera ?
Why don?t they just take fluorescent bulbs
or something simular ?
I would have worked all night long to get it going, now they
are not able to fix this small problem in a few hours ??

Man oh man.... some people just don?t get it...

[bitRAKE]

I'm hoping they wanted a lot of light because the orbo on display is transparent. Having four good camera angles as well as an appealling walk-around for guests is not easy.

Thanks for the lecture videos.

[steve_whiss]

hmmm...

this all goes to show how difficult it is to prove stuff.

I have every confidence that they put effort in, with several staff advising and fiddling with kit.

That costs $$$ in wasted time and salaries. SO - given that guys with several K to throw at a demo have these problems, what then for guys like us? How do we water-tight prove something?

What I'm saying - just proving the point is difficult even for people who can dump money and effort into a situation.


The issues they stub their toes on will seem 100% random. I expect they hired a professional team with cameras, lights and all - set their demo up, threw the switch (so to speak) - and nothing.

This shows the value of dry runs and end-end (full system working) testing.


What else could it be?

a) the tech is a bust, it don't work
---- fraud or delusion all along

b) the tech draws power from something local in Ireland yet missing in London
---- a radar or hi-power TV / radio / powerline in Ireland has unwittingly powered it all along

c) the tech would work OK but is blocked in London (= b with a stopper)
---- something about London blocks the operational effect (Wifi smog, who knows?)

d) sabotage
---- the men in black have swapped out the magnets or remotely beam a power stopper at it

e) a situational defect
---- wrong assembly, temps out, mechanically out of balance, bad bearing etc


* the "powers that be" have a lot to loose if this thing is seen to work
* the best outcome for the powers that be - is a public fizzle & no bang, just like cold fusion.

which way is this heading?  anyone on the Steorn forums know if they had security presence of any sort ??


My hope is that this is just a good old fashioned c@><k up.

Steve

[MeggerMan]

Hi Stefan,
I think calling Steorn "amateurs" is a bit strong.
Every new technology has "teething" problems - who could have predicted the result of pointing several high power halogen lamps at a small acrylic device.

I am convinced that they are true to their word and that the problems are genuine.

Just need to wait a little longer for the proof. 

Regards
Rob

[DrWhat]

The teething problems seem to never end!