I was skeptically excited when I read that Steorn would demonstrate their free energy machine in London this week. This machine would negate many years of science–enter my skepticism. I was excited because if they had the braggadocio to trot this thing out for all to see, they must have had something that, at least, looked like it worked.

Skepticism was the correct path. The deadline came and went but the free energy machine did not work. Today, Engadget has the full scoop, including video of Steorn’s CEO, Sean McCarthy, stating that the demonstration was a failure. McCarthy goes on to say that they will be back with a working machine on a yet to be determined date.

Its a good thing they didn’t cancel the Live Earth concerts today in anticipation of all the free energy that could be produced by Steorn’s magic machine.