All great truths begin as blasphemies, says the main page of their website, but George Bernard Shaw's quote couldn't sum this up any better than it already has.

The Irish company Steorn has supposedly created a machine that produces free energy through magnetic fields. Free energy is basically that: energy created from nothing, and is thus an inexhaustible resource.

This is nice and all, but the problem with it, as scientists say, is the entire idea of creating energy in that way goes against some very fundamental laws of physics. According to the first law of thermodynamics (always wanted to say that), energy can only be converted from one state to another, but cannot be created or destroyed. Steorn's technology violates this very concept, and the Steorn free energy technology is being met with skepticism. The company, however, issued a statement in the Economist, offering a challenge to scientists worldwide to test their tech.

Information on Steorn is popping up everywhere, leading to the origin of the Steorn as an e-business company. The skeptics claim that this is either a very elaborate hoax or publicity stunt to get it back on the market as an e-advertising firm. Even more surprising is the idea put forth (on Steorn's forums no less) that the symbology on the site is reminiscent of Halo 3, specifically the honeycomb on the registration page.

A lot of red herrings and talk around different circles, from physicists, economists and gamers alike. We're not sure what to think though: Is the greater impossibility the site being related to Halo 3, or that someone's actually created free energy? Hopefully, the latter will be true.

In any case, here's a YouTube version of their video on the Steorn download page, courtesy of... well, AlanSteorn.