When Tom Vales came into our class to discuss some utterly strange looking devices, I have to say that I was honestly quite excited. Free energy and electricity generating devices is something I have an amateurish passion for, and so to see some of the more unique ones up close was a fun opportunity for me and everyone in the class. I’ll give a quick breakdown of the devices he showed to the class.

The Stirling Motor

The Stirling engine utilizes temperature fluctuations to create a flow of energy

Firstly was the Stirling Motor, which has been touted as a potential replacement for steam engines. It is already used in Maine for emergency backup generators. The motor is fueled by the fluctuating temperature, from a source of hot water, moving air from one location to another, which moves a turbine-like device. In small scale, this engine is bona-fide free energy.

Jean Peltier Device

Jean Peltier was a physicist who dealt with experiments regarding electrical currency.

The Jean Peltier device was not expanded upon in great detail. The notes I gathered state that it is a device that utilizes the electrical conductibility of different elements (bismuth and copper for this example). One side is inundated with an electric charge, which transfers to the other element as heat energy which has a few potential uses.

Mendocino Motor

The medocino motor utilizes solar energy to spin and utilizes created magnetism to literally float in space

The medocino motor was certainly one of the more “showy” devices that Professor Vales demonstrated. If this device was constructed back in the early medieval era, you’d be condemned as a witch or demon for sure. The device works on solar energy. Four solar panels are placed into a configuration where they activate a wire that turns the panel 90 degrees for each panel. Four rotations of 90 degrees is of course a full circular rotation, and the result is that as long as the device is being fed with solar energy and is not manipulated by outside sources, it will spin freely forever in a magnetic field. This motor demonstrates DC motor theory, magnetic theory, and solar energy capabilities in one package.

Tesla Coil

The Tesla Coil never fails to inspire some “ooos” and “ahhs”

Lastly, Professor Vales demonstrated one of my favorite pieces of technology, the Tesla Coil. Invented by one of the most ingenious inventors in history, Nikolai Tesla, the Coil shows the awe-inspiring power of alternating current electricity. When Mr. Vales held up various devices around the field generated by the current, they glowed to life as the current ran through them, demonstrating how alternating current flows in our electrical outlets of our homes for example.

The presentation was very intriguing to me and I hope to discuss some of the matters with Professor Vales more in depth at some point in the near future.