Overview: We're joined by Bill Mehess, an independent inventor specializing in a self-described "nuts & bolts" approach to developing new technology. Our discussion involves his latest device - a modified clock-pendulum arrangement that's been running for over 150 hours, and might just start a public competition for the longest experiment ever...

The "Mehess Magnet-Motor" consists of a magnet attached to the pendulum of a wind-up clock, and swung between two sets of induction coils to charge a small storage battery. At the end of the 8-day wind-cycle, Mehess hopes that the storage battery will have enough power to wind the clock. While this approach puts him at odds with conservation of energy, he's nonetheless seeing a 3 millivolt rise per minute in his storage battery, which only has to turn a 6-watt motor for 9-seconds to completely rewind the clock & reset the experiment.

Is this the ultimate countdown experiment that free-energy advocates have been waiting for? If nothing else, it's certainly an exciting experiment, given the easy construction & widespread availability of parts to cobble together into a working replication. The Mehess Magnet Motor has all the makings of a great experiment - and even if it doesn't completely self-wind, it may go through a few partial cycles before it completely runs out of juice, leaving the door open for a countdown competition to put all others to shame..

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