That's exactly what I was thinking.  Gravity and friction and all the other annoyances that have plagued perpetual motion for thousands of years.

But in the heart of space with no gravity and no friction, then such a device could be used to power a spaceship.  At least that's what I figured.


-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Chauvin
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 11:37 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: RE: [OT] Shock the kitty

> The trick to getting energy from a cat is very
> simple and is based on
> a couple of known laws:
> 
> 1. A cat always lands on its feet.
> 
> 2. Buttered toast always lands buttered-side-down on
> a carpet.

My wife and a friend tried this.  They threw the cat
out the back door with buttered bread strapped on its
back.  The cat tried to land on its feet, but ended up
hitting the ground kind of sideways, let out a wierd
noise, the bread fell off and the cat ran away.  I
think it couldn't twist very good in the air with that
thing on him, and he wasn't too happy about it either.


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