Steorn
Steorn Ltd (/ˈstjɔːrn/) was a small, private technology development company based in Dublin, Ireland. In August 2006, it announced that it had developed a technology to provide "free, clean, and constant energy" via an apparent perpetual motion machine, something which is contrary to the law of conservation of energy, a fundamental principle of physics.
| Company type | Private Limited |
|---|---|
| Industry | Energy technology |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Defunct | 2016 |
| Fate | Liquidation |
| Headquarters | Docklands Innovation Park, East Wall Road, Dublin 3, Ireland |
| Products | Charging and power systems, cellular telephones, research and development |
| Revenue | €1,000 (2005) |
| € -1,794,648 (2005) | |
Number of employees | 18 |
| Website | www.steorn.com Archive link as of March 2015 |
Steorn challenged the scientific community to investigate its claim and, in December 2006, said that it had chosen a jury of scientists to do so. In June 2009 the jury gave its unanimous verdict that Steorn had not demonstrated the production of energy.
Steorn gave two public demonstrations of its technology. In the first demonstration, in July 2007 at the Kinetica Museum in London, the device failed to work. The second demonstration, which ran from December 2009 to February 2010 at the Waterways Visitor Centre in Dublin, involved a motor powered by a battery and provided no independent evidence that excess energy was being generated. It was dismissed by the press as an attempt to build a perpetual motion machine, and a publicity stunt.
In November 2016, the company laid off its staff, closed its facility, and prepared for liquidation.