BF2S Forums The creation of an industrial revolution

Sounds like snakeoil.

As amazing as this discovery is, I highly, highly doubt that it will spawn another Industrial Revolution.  We're currently undergoing a Technological Revolution, and the likelihood that a new engine design, no matter how many times more efficient or affordable, will cease the production of new technologies such as computer parts (the G80 and the R600 series for example) is incredibly unlikely.  I will say that if this does get mass-produced, it will surely impact our dependency as a country (I'm speaking for the US) on oil producing, anti-American nations such as Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, and numerous others.  This could be what America needs to stay on top of the global economy, because if we cease to ships billions of dollars to the Iranian government for oil, their nuclear production budget will be directly affected.

But as I said, this will not be a dramatic change for decades.  No matter how awesome or efficient this engine is, some people just fear change too much.  I think it's a step in the right direction, however.

UON wrote:

Corporate shield of anti-innovation my arse, this is just crap.

Almost certainly.

UON wrote:

Havok wrote:

But as I said, this will not be a dramatic change for decades.  No matter how awesome or efficient this engine is, some people just fear change too much.  I think it's a step in the right direction, however.

I think it's another tinfoil crackpot.

Let's just click around the "website"....

If we only focus on the Engine, when a licensing deal is consummated, royalty income from one major company can be as high as half a billion dollars per year. We expect nominal licensing fees to be around $300M. In any point of view, the Engine itself brings the valuation to over $1B, and that's what we set the valuation of Angel Labs, LLC.

Angel Labs, LLC has 100+ inventions that cannot be revealed to public before being awarded patents, so we can not foresee it going public (mainly due to the difficult valuation issues). Please be on guard for fraudulent promotions. Thanks.

So it is both a company which cannot be valued, and a company valued at over $1B simultaneously.  Makes sense.  I understand the combustion engine, and this claims to be simpler, yet cannot offer a clear example of how and if it even works.  Yay for 2 minute blurry, smokey, video clips which don't even show it actually torquing up a load.  The sound is quite nice though.  And you'd think a company worth $1B could afford a bit of webhosting... just click the link to see the "patent" pdf.... and half the videos.... pathetic....

Corporate shield of anti-innovation my arse, this is just crap.

agreed.

The differences to Mazda's Wankel engine (rotary-engine for the RX-7 & 8); specs; comparisons; are interesting... it appears to be a real invention, not a crackpot thing (though the new industrial revolution claim is a bit extreme to me) here are a couple of other similar engine inventions:
http://quasiturbine.promci.qc.ca

And another similar product:
http://www.regtech.com