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DUBLIN (Reuters) - 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.

"We fully accept there is going to be cynicism surrounding this but what we're saying to the world of science is come and prove us wrong," said Steorn Chief Executive Sean McCarthy.

"The answer to the question we're posing is too big not to look," he added.

The concept of "free energy" -- which contradicts the first law of thermodynamics that in layman's terms states you cannot get more energy out than you put in -- has divided the scientific community for centuries.

The Internet is awash with claims to have cracked the problem using magnets, coils and even crystals.

McCarthy, a founder of Steorn in 2000, said the company discovered the technology while using magnets to try to devise more efficient wind generators and had spent the past three years developing it.

"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.

The inventor, who remains anonymous, claims to have invented an electromechanical device that runs on 12-volt batteries and is capable of replenishing its own power supply.¬? Once powered up, it is capable of running indefinitely - or at least until its parts wear out.

The device was demonstrated to a group of Reuters reporters in Ireland in early 2002.¬? The device, about the size of a large dishwasher, was hooked up to 3 100-watt light bulbs and ran continuously for over 10 minutes with voltage measurements taken at the beginning and end of the cycle.¬? Amazingly, the voltage actually increased indicating that the device had not drawn any energy and/or had replenished any energy it had consumed.¬? The device continued to run for 2 more hours while reporters took pictures and questioned the inventor.

The inventor, who was quick to point out that the device did not solve the 'perpetual motion' dilemma, indicated that it could be built with off the shelf parts.¬? He further claimed his home had been powered by a similar device for over a year now.¬? Calling the device, the Jaskar Power System, the inventor explained that the machine could be used to power anything with an electrical motor, including automobiles, and with no harmful emissions produced.¬? "The uses of it are almost beyond imagination".

Physicists were skeptical - the First Law of Thermodynamics, which explains the conservation of energy, proposes that energy cannot be created from nothing.¬? According to modern day thermodynamics laws, the device simply cannot exist.¬?

On the other hand, some physicists feel that "zero point energy", or the vibrational energy of molecules, could explain how the machine could conceivably exist.¬? Zero point energy has been proven to exist.¬? The question is whether it can be trapped to provide usable energy.

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