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Tag: crackpot
The Black Hole Time Traveler
TW: sexual assault, rape If you follow this blog with any regularity, you should know that I take the occasional dive into some strange rabbit holes. This one looks into the activities of one Marlin Pohlman. In 2004, Pohlman filed a patent application for a method of gravity distortion and time displacement. The claims require … Continue reading The Black Hole Time Traveler
The Thrust Levitator
All we need to make anti-gravity propulsion a reality is to be wrong about everything!
Crystal Healing with Electronic Gem Theory
I could probably do a blog that focused exclusively on medical quackery, but it would make me too sad.
Soggy Moon Theory And More
The following is a trip into the world of Eurica Califorrniaa, a far-right inventor whose interests appear to span from extraterrestrial water harvesting, through micro nations, to extreme anti-abortion politics. Consider this your content warning.
Patenting Your Perpetual Motion Machine
As a patent attorney, I am bound by two different sets of laws--the human and the physical--and I foolishly expected others to feel the same. I should have known better, and I am sorry.
The Navy’s Flying Saucer
The government's own crackpots tend to have better success at getting patents.
The Cosmic Cube
In which we explore another crackpot invention.
Patenting the odd, the impossible, and the unnerving 