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Just like a painting, an invention is born of ideas and creativity, and in a way, that makes it art.

Countless people have attempted to design and even build perpetual motion machines, and they've been doing this for much longer than the laws of thermodynamics have been around. Now I am one of those people, and Bloopy's Ice Equilibrium Machine is my idea. When water becomes frozen, it exhibits a force which can split trees, crack rocks, and burst pipes. People have considered harnessing this power before, but I have no idea if they ever made any progress. An interesting question is whether the force of water expanding into ice could generate enough energy to be used to melt itself and start the process over! My diagram (drawn in biro and edited in Ulead PhotoImpact) shows a cross-section of a machine which I've drawn only to convey my idea. A serious design would have to be left up to the experts!

How it works (or doesn't): water just a few degrees above freezing point is placed into the machine which is at a few degrees below freezing point, causing the water to freeze. As the water freezes, it pushes up and causes some dynamos to spin, generating electricity which is then stored. When the water has expanded enough, it hits a switch which sends the electricity to generate heat in some way and melt the ice. To keep the machine cold enough to freeze the ice again, any excess warmth must be transferred off.

Description
Just like a painting, an invention is born of ideas and creativity, and in a way, that makes it art.

Countless people have attempted to design and even build perpetual motion machines, and they've been doing this for much longer than the laws of thermodynamics have been around. Now I am one of those people, and Bloopy's Ice Equilibrium Machine is my idea. When water becomes frozen, it exhibits a force which can split trees, crack rocks, and burst pipes. People have considered harnessing this power before, but I have no idea if they ever made any progress. An interesting question is whether the force of water expanding into ice could generate enough energy to be used to melt itself and start the process over! My diagram (drawn in biro and edited in Ulead PhotoImpact) shows a cross-section of a machine which I've drawn only to convey my idea. A serious design would have to be left up to the experts!

How it works (or doesn't): water just a few degrees above freezing point is placed into the machine which is at a few degrees below freezing point, causing the water to freeze. As the water freezes, it pushes up and causes some dynamos to spin, generating electricity which is then stored. When the water has expanded enough, it hits a switch which sends the electricity to generate heat in some way and melt the ice. To keep the machine cold enough to freeze the ice again, any excess warmth must be transferred off.