The Quest for Perpetual Motion

Imagine a machine that runs forever. A device that, once started, never stops—powering

our world without fuel, without sunlight, without end. It’s a dream that

has captivated geniuses and con artists for over a thousand years. <break time="2.0s" /> But is it a dream

of genius, or a fool's errand? This is the fascinating history of humanity's quest to break the

universe's most fundamental rules. This is the story of the perpetual motion machine. <break time="7.5s" />

The obsession began in the Middle Ages with designs like the "overbalanced wheel."

Inventors proposed a wheel with weights on swinging arms, always heavier on one side,

so it would perpetually turn. It seemed perfectly logical on parchment. <break time="2.0s" /> Another popular