Around 1159 AD, Bhaskara The Learned sketched the earliest known design for a Perpetual Motion Machine. 
He probably had not been the first and he certainly wasn’t the last great mind to attempt to create a contraption that could do work indefinitely. 
Among the other failed attempts were those of Leonardo Da Vinci and our very own Robert Boyle.
So, why didn’t it work and who can we blame for our inability to create free energy? Jennifer Vail is a Tribologist with Dupont who joined Jonathan McCrea to explain everything about "tribology".

Around 1159 AD, Bhaskara The Learned sketched the earliest known design for a Perpetual Motion Machine. He probably had not been the first and he certainly wasn’t the last great mind to attempt to create a contraption that could do work indefinitely. Among the other failed attempts were those of Leonardo Da Vinci and our very own Robert Boyle. So, why didn’t it work and who can we blame for our inability to create free energy? Jennifer Vail is a Tribologist with Dupont who joined Jonathan McCrea to explain everything about "tribology".

Around 1159 AD, Bhaskara The Learned sketched the earliest known design for a Perpetual Motion Machine.&nbsp;
He probably had not been the first and he certainly wasn’t the last great mind to attempt to create a contraption that could do work indefinitely.&nbsp;
Among the other failed attempts were those of Leonardo Da Vinci and our very own Robert Boyle.
So, why didn’t it work and who can we blame for our inability to create free energy? Jennifer Vail is a Tribologist with Dupont who joined Jonathan McCrea to explain everything about "tribology".

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Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show. CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainment Listen to Newstalk at http://newstalk.com/listenlive | Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

Jonathan responds to your texts and tweets, is joined in studio for all the latest science stories for Newsround and speaks to one of our two guests featured on the show.CONVERSATION THAT COUNTS | Ireland’s national independent talk station for news, sport, analysis and entertainmentListen to Newstalk at&nbsp;<a href="http://newstalk.com/listenlive" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://newstalk.com/listenlive</a>&nbsp;| Download the GoLoud app now, the new home for Newstalk

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