Titled:   Irish tech firm throws down "free energy" gauntlet

An Irish technology firm issued a challenge to the world's scientific community on Friday to give its verdict on technology it says smashes one of the basic laws of physics by producing "free energy."

Dublin-based Steorn said it had placed an advertisement in The Economist magazine seeking 12 top physicists to examine the technology -- based on the interaction of magnetic fields -- and publish their results.

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"We put in a small amount of mechanical energy and we get a large amount out ... but until this thing is validated by science we won't be doing anything commercial with it," he said.

Free energy? Freedom from foreign influences though fuel? Mankind's Golden Era?
A wonderful dream, but this one would seem to fit in the <<1% possible category.

Would love to be proved wrong though.