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I wonder if space elevators should be added to perpetual motion machines as inventions for which the USPTO will demand working models. https://en.wikipedia.org/
by OliverJones 11y ago
I wonder if space elevators should be added to perpetual motion machines as inventions for which the USPTO will demand working models. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion#Patents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion#Patents
- rue 11y agoI highly doubt it. As I understand it, a traditional space elevator is quite possible to build (we just lack the materials and motivation, chiefly), whereas a perpetual motion machine seems to be ruled out by current understanding of physics.