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TED-Ed: Why don't perpetual motion machines ever work? - Netta Schramm

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By TED-EdFrom BoclipsSeptember 25, 2025

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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#Physical Sciences
#Physics
#Elementary Sciences
#Technology and Engineering
#All ages

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