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The Simple Magnetic Overunity Toy (SMOT) is a 1985 invention by Greg Watson from Australia that claims to show "over-unity" energy — a route to purported perpetual motion.

This image is from : Hartman, Emil T., "U.S. Patent 4,215,330 ". USPTO.

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current	22:35, 10 May 2007	331×786 (108 KB)	Reddi (Talk \| contribs)	(The Simple Magnetic Overunity Toy (SMOT) is 1985 invention by Greg Watson from Australia that claims to show "over-unity" energy — a route to purported perpetual motion.)