A startup called Casimir Inc. has secured significant venture capital funding to develop a free energy device based on the Casimir force, which exploits quantum vacuum fluctuations. The company's founders previously worked on the controversial EM-drive project, raising skepticism in the scientific community. The technology aims to extract energy from quantum vacuum fluctuations by manipulating the spatial distribution of virtual particles.
Background
The Casimir force is a well-established quantum mechanical effect that arises from quantum fluctuations in a vacuum, where virtual particle-antiparticle pairs constantly appear and annihilate. While the effect is real and measurable, extracting usable energy from it would violate fundamental laws of thermodynamics.
- Source
- Ars Technica
- Published
- May 15, 2026 at 11:07 PM
- Score
- 9.0 / 10