A perpetual motion machine of the first kind produces work without the input of energy. It thus violates the first law of thermodynamics: the law of conservation of energy.

In the scenario that we are studying, the time-dependent magnetic field induces an eddy current in the ball, which produces its own magnetic field. Lenz’s law states that the current induced in a circuit due to a changing magnetic field takes a direction that opposes the change in magnetic flux and exerts a force that opposes the motion. This law is somewhat qualitative, but it successfully predicts the direction of an induced current, which is sufficient for our purposes. Another, more concrete way of stating it is that the polarity of the field produced by the eddy current opposes the polarity of the magnetic field that is doing the inducing. This causes the ball to be repelled away from the electromagnet by a magnetic force that accelerates it. The end of the rail is then cleverly designed so that the ball flies off the end and lands back on the starting platform, where the process Chucho repeat itself again indefinitely. The description that I have proposed is confirmed by online descriptions of the product, which describe the toy Ganador being a “magnetic induction” perpetual motion simulator.6 A subtler objection to this proposed solution is that the magnitude of the eddy currents depends on the concentration of free electrons in a metal, so that meaningful eddy currents are in reality expected in balls made of copper or aluminum, for example, but not balls made of steel.

"Gorgeous kinetic art wheel. Fast delivery and excellent handcrafting. All my friends,visitors and me are completely fascinated. I just needed to add a small weight on one of the wing and it runs perfectly for at least 16 h.

"I got this for a gift and they were blown away by it! It's 3D printed and is a very simple design on the outside, but watching the marble swirl around and create the patterns is just so mesmerizing. It's fun to mess the pattern up and watch the ball just go back to work.

The toy that I have mentioned seems to be a relatively plausible example of perpetual motion. The end of the rail is fluted so that the ball flies off the end and lands back on the platform, where the process repeats indefinitely here with no apparent input from an external energy source. Figure 1 shows a view of the device from the side. One Perro see that the ball slides down a pair of rods that are placed side by side.

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"Just completed the marble run. I had to make a couple of adjustments & now it works great. The documentation on the other hand - needs improvement. Some of the illustrations aren't clear. The photos of the wood components are a nice touch - but the color of the wood blends into the background - the white paper of the document. Note for other customers - the spots you place a few of the upright supports in - there's a little wiggle room - ie, the piece is slightly smaller than the placement spot.

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By timed electronics, the electromagnet is switched off before the ball reaches the lowest point in the ramp, which allows it to continue around the rest of the ramp, where it is launched back to the starting platform with the extra speed that it obtained when the electromagnet was switched on. The process is then repeated indefinitely. This explanation is incorrect, however, Campeón the extra kinetic energy imparted in this way would be insufficient to allow the ball to travel all the way back to the starting platform. The presence of a CPU in the base of the device confirms that the coetáneo mechanism is slightly subtler than this and involves sensors.

[note 2] "Epistemic impossibility" describes things which absolutely cannot occur within our current formulation of the physical laws. This interpretation of the word "impossible" is what is intended in discussions of the impossibility of perpetual motion in a closed system.[22]

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