I can't tell if this guy is for real or joking... - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 28, 2014, 11:30:33 pm
content: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1673957641/free-energy

author: suicidaleggroll
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 12:55:45 am
content: Well he certainly likes caps lock...

author: FrankBuss
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 12:58:11 am
content: And according to his Facebook account, he likes "World's Dumbest Criminal" and cat videos.

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 01:04:30 am
content: Note his location (Sedona, Arizona). Home of the "Energy Vortexes" (sic)http://gosw.about.com/od/sedonaarizona/a/sedonavortex.htmI think this a spoof that shows how clueless Kickstarter is.

author: Corporate666
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 01:09:41 am
content: Sounds like a great deal. I always like investing with entrepreneurs who tell me they are letting me have a piece of a trillion dollar business for only $10-100 million.I mean, who entrepreneur doesn't leave 99.999% of the money on the table? Those are the guys I like to invest in!

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 01:36:31 am
content: Looks like a good illustration of Poe's law.

author: Cside
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 02:05:06 am
content: Of course its real Didn't you look at the pictures? They're so colourfull

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 02:39:40 am
content: The video is hilarious!

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 29, 2014, 02:40:46 am
content: Quote from: Richard Crowley on August 29, 2014, 01:04:30 amIf it is, thenBut I wouldn't like to stick my neck out and say he's not for real

author: bitwelder
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: August 30, 2014, 08:42:37 am
content: At the moment there is 1 backer for $1.00, but in the list of pledges nobody has backed on the (10000 limited) batch of $1.00 pledges.Whaat? Does he also have a over-unity pledge counter?

author: Kean
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 30, 2014, 09:23:55 am
content: Quote from: bitwelder on August 30, 2014, 08:42:37 amIt is possible to pledge money to a KS project without selecting a reward.The video won't play for me for some reason.

author: jancumps
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: August 30, 2014, 10:14:31 am
content: So here's my dilemma:If I pledge 1$, it's not FREE ENERGY for me any more.If I don't pledge, I'm not entitled to get some of that FREE ENERGY.

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 04:07:46 pm
content: Must be one of those people who haven't been slapped in the face by reality yet.I mean, his goal is stupid, why make a whole KS campaign if all you need is 100 bucks.

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 04:39:55 pm
content: Quote from: Refrigerator on September 03, 2014, 04:07:46 pmWhich is exactly why I think it is a spoof. He is sitting back laughing at all of us.

author: Dongulus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 05:57:28 pm
content: $5000 pledge gets you kit to build 10 generators that can power 20W continuously.$250/Watt makes solar look "free".

author: mamalala
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 06:30:20 pm
content: Quote from: Dongulus on September 03, 2014, 05:57:28 pmYou may want to re-check the numbers you have presented. Or put a set of new batteries in your calculator...Greetings,Chris

author: Dongulus
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 03, 2014, 07:58:34 pm
content: Quote from: mamalala on September 03, 2014, 06:30:20 pmThe description seems to suggest that the combined power generated by the 10 generators is 20W, not individually.

author: mamalala
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 04, 2014, 04:05:56 pm
content: Quote from: Dongulus on September 03, 2014, 07:58:34 pmOh, OK, sorry then. I was under the impression that you meant 20W per "generator". Didn't get far in reading the description, all-caps makes me stop reading after a line or two...Greetings,Chris

author: Winston
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2014, 08:37:14 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on August 29, 2014, 02:39:40 amWhat video?He's a real estate agent. That automatically qualifies him to invent a perpetual motion device:http://www.reachfactor.com/real-estate-agents/nicholas-calvano-sedona-arizona-13704Same "project" on Kicktraq, which I've never heard of before:http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1673957641/free-energy/No takers there, either.

author: marcan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 06, 2014, 03:51:12 am
content: Quote from: Winston on September 04, 2014, 08:37:14 pmKicktraq is just an analytics frontend for Kickstarter, not a separate crowdfunding platform. You can view any KS project on Kicktraq. It literallyisthe same project.

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 04, 2014, 07:16:53 pm
content: Only 20 days to go. But he has FOUR "backers" and has raised a total of $32! (of a goal of $100)

author: Dave
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2014, 12:11:57 am
content: Copied from the KickStarter's FAQ:-Have you ever heard of entropy or the first law of thermodynamics?-Yes, I am familiar with entropy and the laws of thermodynamics, however as my invention is a continuous motion machine it produces very little heat.

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2014, 01:55:36 pm
content: And what if at the end it turned out that this thing does actually work ?( it won't )

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 09, 2014, 03:11:29 pm
content: Quote from: Refrigerator on October 09, 2014, 01:55:36 pmSo, when was the last time an unskilled, dilletente experimenter broke major laws of physics and upstaged big business and big government reasearchers with practically unlimited budgets to invent something like this? I can't remember any.

author: Refrigerator
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2014, 01:41:57 pm
content: I know one guy, wait what was his name.......Bruce Wayne or something similar .......Ps: i think it was that iron man guy.

author: tggzzz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2014, 03:16:59 pm
content: Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on August 28, 2014, 11:30:33 pmThere's an old saying about poker games. If you look around the table and can't tell who the "mark" is, then you are the "mark"

author: Richard Crowley
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2014, 01:26:46 am
content: The campaign ended with Mr. Calvano raising $33 of his $100 goal(!) from 5 backers.Zero updates, and two frivolous comments. Just another stupid Kickstarter joke from all appearances.Can anyone cite a successful Kickstarter project that actually violated fundamental principles of physics?By "successful", I mean a project where they actually shipped product that worked as advertised.Do people get excited about these things because they actually think some random bloke without scientific knowledge can perform miracles?Or are they willing to throw some insignificant sum of $$ at one of thse in the same way they buy lottery tickets?

author: hamster_nz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 10, 2014, 01:48:22 am
content: Quote from: Richard Crowley on November 10, 2014, 01:26:46 amFor me it is neither of those reasons.1. Cheap entertainment - watching doomed projects fail trying to make funding1. Cheap entertainment - watching doomed projects make funding and then fail to deliver3. Cheap entertainment - seeing if technically achievable projects can make funding and then deliver (these are the most interesting!)4. My own amusement - I enjoy getting bespoke trinkets that I don't really need, to play with and experiment on5. My own education - having a tiny bit of skin in the game makes it more interesting to watch projects in case I ever want to run one