Defying gravity is the easy bit

By THIS IS MONEY
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Getting money to help build an anti- gravity machine that can lift the heaviest lorry or biggest ship is never the easiest task. But inventor Paul Tatham may have found the answer.

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Chris George of Creative Ventures Consortium, a network that works with inventors and investors, has been advising Paul, 66, a retired mechanical engineer from Bray, Berkshire, on his antigravity machine. Paul needs £250,000 to help build a prototype.

George says that anyone looking for high-risk development money must satisfy technical specialists before investors will consider taking a stake.

He warns: 'Investors want to reduce their potential losses. When they back a high-risk venture they expect a high rate of return, much higher than for a more typical invention.'

The anti-gravity machine uses a coil of wound wire. The theory is that pouring liquid helium over the apparatus cools it to minus 260 degrees Celsius, which reduces the wire's resistance to electricity.

A high voltage of direct current is passed through the coil. This causes the electrons to flow so quickly that they produce a negative backwards force, resulting in the absence of gravity.

Paul has applied for a patent, but he has another selling point for investors - a method he has devised for extracting energy from gravity, generating electricity without creating any pollution.

He says: 'This is a practical, viable invention that will change the way we live.'

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