Significant Steorn Forum Changes...

As many of you are aware, recently Steorn's forum changed from public viewing to member only viewing. This of course has caused a lot of discussion and debate, but there are plenty of places still out there in the open to discuss Steorn, including FreeEnergyTrackers, Fizzx, and of course this blog.

Something you may not know, is that Crank has now resigned as forum administrator. Crank's been administrating Steorn's forum for well over a year, and because of her relationship with Steorn, has been able to provide us with a lot of insight into the organization. I'd like to personally thank Crank for her service, and wish her well as a regular forum member! I also want to wish Magnatrix the best of luck putting up with everyone in the forum.

SPDC Visit London...

Today, Magnatrix, one of Steorn's forum administrators, answered a simple question:

double-z:
Has anything been heard from them since the "demo"? (surely, just turning the lights off would have solved the problem, or illuminating it with LED lights instead...)

Magnatrix:
Yes.
The SPDC got together in London, earlier this year.
That's all that I can say about that

And the fun continues.

Steorn still has lawyers...

This is the closest thing to news I could find for everyone:

http://dispatchesfromthefuture.com/2008/04/steorn_still_alive.html

Last year, both Dispatches and this blog went through legal threats with Steorn, this is the first time that I'm aware of that Steorn actually dispatched (pun intended) actual lawyers.

Sean, if you are reading this, we'd love to get an interview with you on how things are going inside Steorn. Maybe we could set up an IRC channel or ask some questions over in the forums. Up for a chat? A lot of us miss having something to report.

They're not quite dead yet...

Today in the forums, Sean McCarthy reacted to JREF's declaration of Steorn's death, based on a quote over at What's New by Bob Park:

Steorn: Wow, I wish that some one would tell me this stuff, I need not have turned up to the office all that time. Good to see that JREF is reliable as ever!

Also today, an anonymous poster shares with us a newly available patent application filed by Steorn:

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INTERACTION OF LOADS

This patent was filed right around the time of Steorn's Economist Ad. It will be more interesting if we start seeing Steorn's core Orbo patents start appearing on these sites. Another anonymous poster did some research on the named inventors, two of which haven't appeared before in documents relating to Steorn. They are Ciaran Mythen and Guillaume Reux. Here is a translated version of Guillame's resume.

PEREPITEIA

"What I can say with full confidence is that our system violates the law of conservation of energy" - Thane Heins

The free energy world has erupted again in Canada this week. I have received many emails and comments about Thane Heins, an inventor in Ottawa claiming to have violated the law of conservation of energy. Many forums and discussions have occurred since the original articles appeared in The Toronto Star. If you are interested in following the story a little deeper, here are some links you should read:

The original two articles, written by Tyler Hamilton of The Star:
Turning physics on its ear
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/300042
'Holy crap, this is really scary'
http://www.thestar.com/Article/300041

Potential Difference Web Page with Large Videos:
http://www.g9toengineering.com/backemf/demonstration.htm

Speccy's YouTube posting of the videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLeKTlLy5E

Tyler and Thane comment on the article over on Tyler's blog:
http://tyler.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/2/4/3505063.html

Steorn Forum Discussion:
http://www.steorn.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=60276

Overunity.com Discussion:
http://www.overunity.com/index.php/topic,4047.60.html

PhysOrg.com Article and Discussion:
http://www.physorg.com/news121610315.html

This blog's primary goal has been to keep track of Steorn more so then all free energy claims, I think I'd have to quit my job to keep up with all of them. Thane hasn't yet claimed free energy, although I'm sure he wouldn't be getting this much attention if he weren't implying it. But unlike Steorn's claims, Thane's are testable and publicly available. He's even hosting a demo for Ottawa's skeptics on Monday! Seeing examples like Thane, in which well known universities and professors are willing to test these types of claims publicly, suggest that Steorn's excuses for their approach are bunk.

The closure that I'm looking for with Steorn may never happen, but events like these help bring home the fact that closure is most likely already here.