Why don't perpetual motion machines ever work? - Netta Schramm
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Perpetual motion machines — devices that can do work indefinitely without any external energy source — have captured many inventors’ imaginations because they could totally transform our relationship with energy. There’s just one problem: they don’t work. Why not? Netta Schramm describes the pitfalls of perpetual motion machines.
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In this video, we focused on the first and second law of thermodynamics to explain the constraints on a perpetual motion machine. If our claim is true, it should be explainable with other frameworks such as Newton's laws. Try working it out! (hint: start with the self-watering pot.)
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Netta Schramm
- Director Jeremiah Dickey
- Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen
- Sound Designer Stephen LaRosa
- Associate Producer Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson
