Perpetual Motion System May Become A Reality

Today I was browsing Slashdot and came across a story about a Canadian college drop-out named Thane Heins who has possibly unlocked the secret to perpetual motion systems. I don't fully understand everything about it, but it seems to be a pretty solid deal to me. He has demonstrated the device at several universities and it seems that most professionals in the industry are speechless afterwards. No one seems to be able to explain what is happening using conventional physics laws. Even Markus Zahn from MIT, the foremost expert in electromagnetic and electronic systems, has yet to come up with an explanation for what happens within the device.

Considering that this man is a college dropout, do you suppose that no college graduates who go on to study these things could make this breakthrough because educational programs lock you into long-accepted ideas instead of embracing "thinking outside the box?" Why couldn't Zahn or any other leading expert in the industry construct a perpetual motion device with all of their resources? Heins has reletively nothing in terms of resources in comparison to university programs.

That train of thought makes you think at least twice about enrolling in classes at a university (if you have the enthusiasm to do something on your own).

Anyway, the story is here and you can watch the first two parts of a seven-part video demonstration on YouTube.