So much for the much hyped Steorn demo – after getting the world all jazzed up for a quick rewrite of the laws of physics the other day (they promised to break the fundamental law of conservation of energy by creating new energy from nothing), the public demo was cancelled. The reason, Steorn says, is that “excessive heat from the lighting in the main display area” caused technical difficulties and the demo had to be called off “until further notice.”

I’m all for turning the world upside down and coming up with free sources of new energy that have zero downside (no emissions, no fossil fuels, no nothing). But you’ve got to actually come through with a product when promised. I’m deadpooling these guys, but give them credit for the sheer audacity of their stunt. We’ll revisit later.