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A machine that can work under its own power forever would revolutionise our world. Could this ever be possible?Key facts
- A perpetual motion machine is a theoretical machine that can run without a power supply.
- A perpetual motion machine would need to produce more energy than it uses for it to work.
- Perpetual motion machines cannot exist.
- Energy loss will always make a machine come to a halt.
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A perpetual motion machine is a theoretical machine that can run without a power supply.
It would be able to maintain motion indefinitely, either by producing more energy than it uses, or by converting its own waste heat into other forms of energy.
A perpetual motion machine would be revolutionary, ...
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