Perepiteia

For a term developed by Aristotle in his work Poetics, see peripeteia.

Perepiteia is claimed to be a new generator developed by the Canadian inventor Thane Heins. The device is named after the Greek word for peripety, a dramatic reversal of circumstances or turning point in a story. The device was quickly attributed the term "perpetual motion machine" by several media outlets. Due to the long history of hoaxes and failures of perpetual motion machines and the incompatibility of such a device with accepted principles of physics, Heins' claims about Perepiteia have been treated with considerable skepticism.

In 2003, Heins filed a patent application in Canada[1] but no patent was granted.[2] Heins also founded Potential Difference Inc, the website of which contains a series of videos of the inventor demonstrating the machine.[3] US patent #9,230,730[4] issued in 2016 pertaining to another of Thane's inventions, a bi-toroidal topology transformer.

Heins has recently stated that he is unsure whether or not the machine really produces energy, but in communications with science writer David Bradley of ScienceBase, Heins made claims of up to 7000% efficiency for the bi-toroidal transformer.[5] Heins, who reportedly works 8–12 hours a day on the Perepiteia, insists that it is viable and that "This technology should be mainstream."[6]

  1. ^ CA application 2437745 
  2. ^ Office, Government of Canada, Industry Canada, Office of the Deputy Minister, Canadian Intellectual Property. "Canadian Patent Database". brevets-patents.ic.gc.ca. Retrieved 21 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Potential Difference". Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  4. ^ "United States Patent: 9230730 - Bi-toroidal topology transformer". Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Free energy with magnetic reluctance". Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  6. ^ The next great Canadian idea: Peripiteia generator Archived 2009-02-03 at the Wayback Machine by Sharda Prashad, Canadian Business magazine, July 11, 2008. (retrieved on January 3, 2009).