technology - "technology"

The Star reports on this inventor breaking all the laws of physics as far as free energy goes. It even provoked interest from 'esteemed Massachusetts Institute of technology professor Markus Zahn'. I would like to know how this seemingly backyard enthusiast's experimental set up has not been tried a million times over the years. It seems so simple and too good to be true. The article has links to a multi-part video demo of the device accelerating an electric motor under load for free! of this story at Slashdot.

When Polaroid users pulled a picture out of their cameras, an image would slowly appear before their eyes. Now, like the process in reverse, the image of the Polaroid instant camera -- dimming for years -- has finally gone black.