Perpetual Motion Machine

By Doctor X (doctorx@aa.net)

Spheres

Forces 3, Matter 3

Description

Strap a piece of toast, butter-side up, to the back of a cat. Stick a 1-1/2" thick steel crank (length may vary, but it should be enough to stick out of the box.) between the cat and the toast, and drop from a height of about six feet.

Since a cat always lands on it' feet, and toast always lands butter-side down, they will stop falling about a foot from the ground and begin spinning rapidly. Build a box around them, so that the cat is both alive and dead, and hook the crank up to your generator. Voila: limitless free energy!