iRenew and Q-Ray Scams- A Follow-Up
You can file a complaint with the FTC over these scams. Click the image above to go to the FTC web page.
In the two months since I wrote the post about what a scam the iRenew bracelet was, I have had more comments than any other post I have ever written. Mostly from people who like me are amazed that people will fall for it. Many other comments explain very well why these scammers will make millions of dollars. The adverts are now all over Fox news and other outlets on late night cable TV.
Q-Ray Is A Scam Too
Do not think I’m exaggerating either. A similar piece of junk, the Q-Ray bracelet has already gotten into trouble with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and were ordered to provide 64 million dollars in refunds. I bet that is a drop in the bucket compared to how much they got away with. You can find out more about the Q-Ray scam and the lawsuits against them on Quackwatch.
While I’m On The Subject Of Scams…
A new scam for those that slept though junior high science Class. Can you say horse hockey? I knew you could...
I saw a new one being touted on twitter the other day. The Zero Point Magnetic Generator. It usually the revolutionary idea of perpetual motion to make free power for your home. Perpetual motion scams have been around for many decades and they have taken millions from the scientifically illiterate.
Just to be clear here- Perpetual motion violates the second law of thermodynamics. That means it will not, cannot, and NEVER will work. Period. A similar scam using a tank of water in your car boot to make hydrogen runs along similar lines. It’s just as much a scam as the rest.
I mentioned some of those comments I have received on the first post. Many more were political in nature and off topic so they did not get approved. I tried to be more generous than usual in my editing, and here are my fave’s below (with the replies I have held off making).
Comments:
1.after wearing bracelet for 1 week i gained incredible strength, lost 50 lbs, attracted women by the dozen andit cured my cancer. lol people are so &^%ing stupid. I can imagine all the idiots running to their mailboxes in anticipation of their miracle cure. Thanks for putting at least 1 honest review of this scam.
Dan: Your Welcome!
2.Jack Rand
Actually I do have an iRenew bracelet, and it has worked for me! I really don’t care why it works, I only care that it makes me feel better. After I bought the bracelets online I got some pdfs from irenew. After reading a little bit about the theory behind this technology, I did a bit more digging and found this video from the same authors. The video called “The Living Matrix” is really amazing. It really breaks down a handful of technologies being used to help restore or heal a person’s body field.
Dan: Jack you missed the point! There is no such thing as a “body field”. See Barnum P.T. and Gary Stephens reply below.
3. You know – I have to add one thing – If you buy one of these, you should need to pass a test before you are allowed to vote. It is certainly one thing to screw yourself but when you vote, now you are passing on your stupidity to the lives of others. So: I-Renew = I shouldn’t vote
and my favourites:
4.what i find amazing is that there is no negative feedback on this product anywhere,(except here)yet,everyone here with negative feed has (never tried) the product. im reminded of a time when the world was once thought to be flat.with that said, if your going to lead the movement,on this so called fake irenew bracelet,at least try the damn thing first!
and gary stephens Reply:
August 14th, 2010 at 10:18 am
you don’t have to stick your head up a chickens ass to know where an egg comes from.
So in closing, while I do not mean to be harsh, if you bought one of these things, or your plans to build a zero point magnetic generator are in the mail, do yourself a favour. Turn off the TV and visit your local library. Might I suggest Tuning into Science Friday on NPR? Oh, and quit reading the horoscope in your local paper.
That’s a SCAM too!
Roland May
well mr scientist you atack people who make things to improve the lifes of others and call them scams you want to see scams look in the mirror hows that supercolider doing how many billions of tax dollars have been spent on that scam how about NASA how long is it going to take and how many billions of tax dollars to get back to the moon something we did 40+ years ago {or did we}starting to belive the cospearice therory now then lets look @ the big 1 your specaily global warming how much have you scientist have scamed on that. i wonder what kind of test you would want people to take to vote im sure itll be to make sure everyone agrees with your point of view so you can contuine to scam billions more from us maybe you should get out of the library and invest your money in something that makes people lifes better
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Dan Satterfield Reply:
August 20th, 2010 at 22:45
People will take you much more seriously if you try to spell your post correctly.
Take a look at this book. I think the author knows you…..
http://members.shaw.ca/jeanaltemeyer/drbob/TheAuthoritarians.pdf
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dan Reply:
August 26th, 2010 at 11:56
the mis-spelled words were intentional…..that’s obvious. If you really believe otherwise, then you are the gullible one.
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marlanea bridgewater Reply:
September 4th, 2010 at 10:46
If that braclet actually benefited us somehow, then it would be growing on trees or in the ground, or falling from the rain clouds. It’s not anything but junk and a scam. Better yet, why wernt we born with them around our wrists. It’s BS. All the magnetic energy is already all around us naturally.
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James Garrit Reply:
September 13th, 2010 at 21:51
Roland May, not only can’t you spell, but have you ever heard of punctuation. Reading your post was like listening to the incoherent ramblings of a 16 year old Meth addict on a bender.
I know, go buy yourself and iRenew bracelet. That will have you writing like an English professor.
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Charleen
The whole thing reminds me of one simple word, Gullible!
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Anthony Ciani
We used to teach science so that people could recognize snake oil when they saw it. Now-a-days, we teach the rote learning of formulas and factoids, instead of developing the capacity for critical thought.
Then again, critical thought would defeat the various agendas to indoctrinate students with the equivalent of political snake oil. We are creating a country of suckers, by design, and some of the participants are fully unaware they are participating.
Teaching the crazy claims associated with green energy, global warming, intelligent design, and etcetera, works to create a populace ready and willing to believe the crazy claims of devices like iRenew and QRay.
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Daniel J. Andrews
I don’t think spelling correctly will help us take Mr May any more seriously. It’s the content itself that gives it away. For example, Mr Ciani spells well, but the content of his last paragraph indicates an ideologically blinded mindset rather a critical thinker mindset. Push him to support his contention that global warming claims are crazy, and he will eventually have to fall back on a worldwide conspiracy theory every much as loopy as Mr May’s.
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Pat
I’m so glad to have found this site. Every time I’ve seen the ad for iRenew, it strikes me as a scam conducted in plain sight. Today, I decided to “bing” it, and it took four pages before finding this site. Every site, including ones supposedly blogged by skeptical but pleased users, touts the benefits of this miracle bracelet. My thoughts about things like this: If such products like this one, claiming to be a miraculous cure for whatever disease or condition can think of, pharmaceutical companies would have long ago discovered, developed, and marketed them! I can’t imagine big pharma passing up a chance like this to make money. The old saying, “buyer beware,” is still true!
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James
Does anyone recall what was said about copper bracelets doing similar things as claimed by the iRenew bracelet? I haven’t bought an iRenew bracelet, however the first time I saw the commercial on tv for it, It immediately reminded me of the copper bracelet I bought years ago while visiting the Grand Canyon. It didn’t work at all, in fact, all I got from it was a discolored area on my left arm, caused by the oxidation of the copper in the bracelet.
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Maurice
If you think you are smart and want to stay close minded, that’s fine. Remember history: once a man said “we can send voice in the air” people laughed! Well we have something called radio, and the funny thing is even that everything we do or use uses RF. Oh, “I don’t mean to be harsh” learn to spell “favor”
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Dan Satterfield Reply:
September 16th, 2010 at 16:51
I will if you buy a dictionary…
World English Dictionary
favour or favor (ˈfeɪvə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
— n
1. an approving attitude; good will
2. an act performed out of good will, generosity, or mercy
3. prejudice and partiality; favouritism
4. a condition of being regarded with approval or good will (esp in the phrases in favour , out of favour )
5. archaic leave; permission
6. a token of love, goodwill, etc
7. a small gift or toy given to a guest at a party
8. history a badge or ribbon worn or given to indicate loyalty, often bestowed on a knight by a lady
9. obsolete chiefly ( Brit ) a communication, esp a business letter
10. archaic appearance
11. find favour with to be approved of by someone
12. in favour of
a. approving
b. to the benefit of
c. (of a cheque, etc) made out to
d. in order to show preference for: I rejected him in favour of George
— vb
13. to regard with especial kindness or approval
14. to treat with partiality or favouritism
15. to support; advocate
16. to perform a favour for; oblige
17. to help; facilitate
18. informal to resemble: he favours his father
19. to wear habitually: she favours red
20. to treat gingerly or with tenderness; spare: a footballer favouring an injured leg
[C14: from Latin, from favēre to protect]
favor or favor
— n
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sandy dee Reply:
October 21st, 2010 at 17:31
you must be a very lonely person…….
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Greg
I am surprised that irenew does not promote their product as requiring a bracelet for each wrist to equalize the “Field”. Better yet, two ankle bracelets for full benefit. Just think of the lost revenue.
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Wolf in New Hampshire
To all you non-believers out there – I was one of the people in the infomercial. I was the average looking man with the short hair. When the balance test was done on me I was knocked flat on my keester. But after I put on the bracelet … OMG, I actually tossed the guy across the room (accidentally of course), because my strength and balance was instantly that much improved. The only reason they didn’t show it on TV was because of all the blood when he split his head open on the camera lens.
And when it comes to everyday life, I don’t fall down two flights of stairs 3 times every day anymore. Since wearing the bracelet, I actually fall UP the stairs. And not only 3 times, but now it’s 4 times every day. Well, not really every day. Some days I only fall up the stairs twice, but other days I might fall up the stairs 5 times, so you could say it ‘balances’ out.
I also love to fish. The only problem was that I never really had much luck. If I fished for two hours, I usually only caught 1, or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5 fish. But NOW, every time I go fishing I catch 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6 (that’s right, 6) fish in the same time span ! That is, when I catch 6 fish, otherwise not (but that goes without saying). The crazy thing is that this happens only when I wear my bracelet ! What else could it be ?!? It’s reached the point where I have to either go fishing alone, or take off the bracelet and leave it in the car (making sure it’s parked far away). I really don’t want to embarrass my friends or hurt their feelings by catching so many more fish than them.
And I know the manufacturer doesn’t advertise this (probably because a few people might find it hard to believe), but it also works on mechanical things. Listen to this – Several months back I wanted to give one of these to my daughter while she was giving me a ride to the parts store (the starter went bad one morning after I forgot to put my bracelet back on, because the day before I had to take my bracelet off to fix my car. It broke because I wasn’t wearing my bracelet. That’ll teach me(I hope)). Anyway, to make a long story short, I lost it before I could give it to her. The very next day her gas mileage went from 14 mpg to 16 mpg ! It eventually averaged out to 15 mpg, but WOW, overnight ?!? She called me about a week later to tell me she found the bracelet while cleaning her car. It was under the seat ! And, get this, not even under the drivers seat, but under the PASSENGER seat !! No wonder they don’t advertise this. I’m a first hand witness to this, and I still find it hard to believe !
Now, I could go on, and on, and on, and on, and on (yes, on) about all the ways this tiny piece of plain old silicone rubber band has improved my life, my families’ life, and even my neighbors’ life, but I’m worried that there isn’t enough space allowed in this review window for everything I really want to say. I hate the thought of wasting time for nothing (I want to go fishing). Besides, my two index fingers are starting to hurt (I just realized I forgot to put my bracelet back on. I had to take it off to fix my car. It broke because…never mind).
As far as all you moaning and complaining about paying $8 or $9 shipping for something that weighs as much as a stick of gum and fits into a very small envelope – WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU !? Haven’t you been listening ?? They’ll give you another one for FREE !! All you have to do is pay another $8 or $9 to ship the FREE one. So what if they are both shipped in the same package with a combined total of .42 cents ! Don’t forget, it’s not only the actual shipping that costs money, envelopes are NOT free ! And what about the little bald man that comes to you house to open that un-free (is that a word ?) envelope and personally puts the bracelet on your wrist to make sure you don’t screw it up ? Do you really think he does this out of the goodness of his heart ? Just kidding on that last part. That was totally un-called for, and almost mean. Sorry. But in any case, I would gladly pay 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6 (yes, even 6) times as much as this to ship something that does what this little marvel of Biofield Therapeutic Science of Natural Programmed Frequencies Healing can do. Wouldn’t you ? I mean, it’s true I didn’t pay shipping for mine. Yes, I got mine for free (three of them, to be exact), for being one of the actual people in the infomercial (I was the average looking man with the short hair). So I guess it wasn’t exactly free, exactly. After all, I did make the manufacturer look good by me looking like an idiot on my keester. That is, until I put on “the bracelet”. After that, oh yea baby, no more idiot (just ask the guy with the scar on his head)!
So what all this rambling boils down to is this : for this tiny piece of plain old silicone rubber band to change my life, my families’ life, and even my neighbors’ life the way it has, it must be something pretty special. I am thoroughly impressed, and I’m not easily impressed. I hope that I’ve enlightened some of you nay-sayers out there because every word of this has been the absolute truth, and if this isn’t the best thing to come along since sliced bread, I’ll eat 2 (that’s right, 2 (two)), bowls of ice cream (Mint Chocolate Chip, even), or maybe 1 (yes, 1 (one)), very large one. I’ll decide that when (and if) the time comes.
Also, one last word(s) – as I said somewhere above about how I could go on, and on, and on, and on, and on (yes, on), anyone (and I mean anyone) that would like to read more of this totally truthful testimony, just email me at my email address and I will email you an email to your email address ALL (and I mean ALL) the ways this tiny piece of plain old silicone rubber band has improved my life, my families’ life, and even my neighbors’ life. But you might want to get some extra printer cartridges and a fresh ream of printer paper and print it out. If you try to read the whole thing in one sitting I think your eyes would start to bleed. I know mine would, but my eyes aren’t what they used to be (I’m just saying). Hmm, maybe I should tape my extra bracelet to my forehead…
I love you all. Peace.
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Wolf in New Hampshire Reply:
September 22nd, 2010 at 08:38
I had an epiphany the day after I posted this. I should have thought of this sooner, seeing as how I was wearing my iRenew bracelet.
Remember I said my eyes aren’t what they used to be ? Well, I took my extra bracelet, opened it up, and used duct tape (almost as useful as my iRenew bracelet) to tape each end to one eyebrow.
It works !
I mean, I can’t get it off without ripping my eyebrows out of my face by the roots, but why would I want to ? It really doesn’t look all that bad. Actually, if you look at it quick, it just looks like a very well trimmed uni-brow (this bracelet is the black one).
And not only that, I can now watch the game without even having to turn on the TV !!
Please, everyone, do yourselves, your families, and even your neighbors a favor and buy the iRenew bracelet. You’ll be so glad you did. I promise !
I love you all. Peace.
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Phil Don't Buy No Crap Reply:
September 30th, 2010 at 13:30
Honestly, this whole thing is probably placebo. No piece of junk rubber and silicone will balance out some bogus ‘Biofield’. Especially with there only being one bracelet in all the recorded ‘tests’. If you do buy one of these, I honestly feel sorry for you.
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Sheldon Reply:
October 21st, 2010 at 12:02
Well my friends and I have used bio technology for years. Never got sick, or had the flu and have won more when your field is more positive.
I would suggest dan and others read up on zero point energy. Dan is not speaking from any significant background. He should look up quantum psychics and governments attempt to block zeropoint energy generators! News flash Zero point energy was already show at multiple scientific shows and there are vidoes being taking off Youtube on the subject.
So far Ive received more balance from the I renew bracelet so I like to try things before I right neg reviews..
Note from Dan:
There is no such thing as zero point energy, it’s a scam to make money. Perpetual motion does not exist. Anyone who tells you otherwise is loony.
Take a Physics course.
Mike H Reply:
November 4th, 2010 at 08:53
thank you, thank you (thank you)
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Needed a laugh Reply:
October 10th, 2010 at 17:05
Thank you Wolf. I really needed a fabulous laugh and you delivered. I won’t be able to see one of those ads without having a really good chuckle.
Have you thought about writing for The Daily Show or other observational comedy/satirical media?
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Preston Reply:
November 18th, 2010 at 19:23
LMFAO.
What more can I say? I enjoy your writing style, btw. From one writer to a potential another, of course.
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Mike
It really amazes me how many stupid people there are out there. I agree; They shouldn’t be allowed to vote!
To everyone who is thinking of making a purchase of anything that you do not know much about: RESEARCH IT, and research the technology behind it. Make sure your research is not published or influenced by the company/organization which makes the product. Also research the individuals selling the product. You maybe surprised to find they have been involved with criminal behavior in the past. Is that who you want to do business with? It really amazes me that these people are allowed to operate their scamming business through the public media and get away with it.
If it sounds too good to be true, It probably is.
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Dj
There are lots of people claiming that the iRenew bracelet works; I’m even related to some of them. I am not beyond admitting that the “cure” is in their minds. If that’s true, the that’s where the illness was too and no amount of conventional medicine can fix that. So, basically, if it can cure an imagined ailment, then it’s money well spent. I personally know a number of physicians who can’t do that.
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Grouchyoldfart..
Wolf in New Hampshire…. Not everyone out here are mindless lambs. You are just another paid infomercial stooge.
Mike it IS amazing how mane people there are out there. There seems to be more of them all the time. Not everyone can be a politician I guess.
AND for the record, I have a dumb-ass friend that bought one of those things. I wore it for a week, and the only thing it did for me was to be able to tell my confirmed dumb-ass friend that she wasted 30 bucks… oh and it gave me gas… never mind, I always have gas. So don’t even attempt to justify this scam, and anyone that buys one will soon find they wasted 30 bucks. Simple as that.
Dj, borrow one from your relatives, and find out for sure.
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davevelo Reply:
September 29th, 2010 at 14:47
You just don’t get it. Wolf was writing in a “satirical” style.
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Wolf in New Hampshire Reply:
September 30th, 2010 at 21:16
You know, it’s really incredible how many people cut me down, call me names, etc., because they think my posts are serious.
Or maybe they only read every tenth word ?
Too bad it takes someone that actually has a sense of humor to ‘enlighten’ them.
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davevelo
Noticed some posters pointing out that morons who fall for these ridiculous scams are eligible to vote. This is a “serious” issue and must be addressed! Blatant stupidity is definitely on the rise in the US and we must take measures to insure that none of these rich halfwits(palin, angle, bachman types) get anywhere near important government positions. Suggest that aptitude tests be MANDATORY for anyone interested in running for gov office.
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W.M.M.
I just got off the phone with i-renew’s “customer service.”
After long minutes of trying to get an explanation of how the non-magnetic, non-electronic, non-emitting, no-moving-parts-tin-and-nylon is supposed to work, the rep finally confided in me that it’s “not the metal or the band itself, it’s the emblem stamped on top of it that does it” — “it” being the ability to affect and “readjust” the bioelectric field of the human body. In other words, it’s the CURSIVE LETTER R and THE PRODUCT LOGO WHICH IS MAGIC! It’s a powerful TALISMAN like a four-leaf-clover, lucky rabbit’s foot, or Dumbo’s Magic Feather!
Jail time and financial damages to all buyers should be the swift reward for these people. Elderly people in pain are trying it out of desperation, and it isn’t doing anything but heartlessly ripping them off.
Looks like FRAUD and THEFT through INTERSTATE COMMERCE. U.S. Justice Department and FDA, where are you on this one?
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sara
yeah i would agree with all of you but you guys are all stupid talking bad about it without trying it that is not proof of anything research it yes but from people who have actually been scammed not people who need to get a life and just blog about scams they have not even tried i will research through the people who actually tried it and found it didnt work by experience
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Shawn
Since I got the iRenew I can fly, my dick grew 6″, I can see through walls…
Hmmm just took my meds, all super powers suspiciously faded. Meds have evil effect.
Did ya get that Wolf? TAKE YOUR MEDS!
Why? How can people be this stupid in the modern world? U.S. Ed system FAIL
Also as previously requested. Please STAY AWAY FROM THE POLLS!!
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Wolf in New Hampshire Reply:
October 8th, 2010 at 06:19
Hey Shawn,
It seems YOU’RE the one that needs to stay away from the polls (and your MEDS, by the sound of it).
I think you and ‘Grouchyoldfart..’ (and a few others) have been drinking the same water.
I’ll tell you the same thing I told someone else on another blog –
I’ll bet you’re actually one of the people that bought the iRenew bracelet !
You just forgot you bought it because you’re so brain-dead.
Is your face turning blue and tingling ??
That’s because you put it around your neck instead of your wrist and everything above your shoulders is starved for blood !
I guess your “super powers” didn’t allow you to ‘read between the lines’ !
Well, at least you thought you had a 6” dick before your “super powers suspiciously faded” (can you read between THOSE lines ?).
Get a sense of humor (and half a brain, while you’re at it), you dumb shit.
Did ya get THAT, Shawn ??
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John Phoenix
Mr Scientists. Why lie to people? Perpetual motion machines do exist and can be made without friction with magnetic fields. There is never a need to violate the alchemists Newtons 2nd theory with friction if your machine never touches another surface. You sir belong to a Cult. The Church of the Cult of Science. Too many so called facts have been disproven and are being disproven with new data every day, why not open your mind and be objective like a Real scientists should instead of following a cultish religion that says We Have and Know all the answers therefore you Cannot be correct. You bring shame to real science with your scientific religious belief system.
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David B Reply:
October 16th, 2010 at 18:53
I actually had to read this a couple of times to figure this one out. LOL.
@John Phoenix: I sort of understand where you are coming from on this one. If you start an object moving in 0 gravity in a void with no other objects touching it and no gravity, then yes, it will move, for all practical purposes, forever. So if you meant this as you perpetual motion machine, then I suppose perpetual motion is in fact possible. However, perpetual motion machines are usually referred to as machines that GENERATE more energy than they produce. In a 0 gravity void, the only thing keeping the object moving is its inertia (momentum), and it keeps moving because there is no resistance (friction) to slow it down.
If you have ever taken a hand cranked generator and turned it, there is resistance. This is because you are turning magnets in a metal coil and pushing electrons through the coil, hence creating electrical energy. If you put magnets on the object spinning in a void, and magnets on a disk attached to a generator, the spinning object pushes the disk and spins the generator. BUT the generator provides resistance to the disk with the magnets, which makes those magnets resist being pushed by the magnets on the object spinning in the void, and slows and eventually stops the object. Long story short, an object with no resistance will move forever, but it generates no energy.
On a side note, if you ever see a scientist proclaiming he knows everything, which I have yet to see, he is a fraud. Scientists know a small fraction of everything that could be known, and may never know everything.
Lastly, no one here has to be a scientist to know that these iRenew bands are a hoax. If you want proof, open a dictionary. There is no listing for “biofield.” It’s just a word they made up by using the word field (definition: the influence of some agent, as electricity or gravitation, considered as existing at all points in space and defined by the force it would exert on an object placed at any point in space) and putting the prefix “bio” in front of it (the prefix meaning “life”), therefore implying there is some sort of field around each an every living thing. Even if there was such a thing, iRenew bands have no field surrounding it or radiation emitting from it, and would have no way of influencing this mythical field.
In conclusion, any company who willingly markets these things deserves to be sued until they have no money left to be sued for.
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Dan Satterfield
I have always wondered whether those people are suffering from a form of brain washing or a mental illness. Perhaps both.
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Paul W Cooper
I did a little research on the doctor featured on the ad. Both his medical office and his personal website have been taken down (http://www.beckerhilton.com/ and http://drbecker.com/) and an FDA complaint showing that his clinical methodologies are shoddy (http://www.circare.org/fdawls3/becker_20080313.pdf).
This scumbag is selling to the ignorant. He does not have any integrity. Do not trust him!
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Kavok
If you watch the “balance test” in the commercial carefully, you will notice in the “before” side that the sales man pulling down on the potential customer actually walks backwards as he’s pulling to knock the person off balance.
In the iRenew side, he pulls straight down without walking away from the person, giving the illusion that it is instantly improving the poor schmuck’s balance. Modern-day snake oil film-flam.
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Chuck Bridges
Well one things for sure, the Irenew makes people argue. I bought one because I had money I wanted to throw away and was curious as to how it was made. I do believe for such claims they could have gold plated it or at least made the silcone band look flashier. Now maybe there is a shape, object science out there but by my observations mankind has little clue at what he/she’s doing with real science half the time never mind this stuff. Lets crack open a beer and watch some Stargate episode and I bet you feel better.
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Wolf in New Hampshire Reply:
October 9th, 2010 at 19:59
“Lets crack open a beer and watch some Stargate episode”
You’ve got my vote ! :-O
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Dawn
ok I am a dumb ass that bought one.
I don’t spell good and my punctuation sucks, now thats taken care of.
I don’t know if this is just a fluke thing but I usually get very severe camps, I know
TMI but listen. I had none not even a slight one, this is just so out of the norm I could not believe it. So I wear the thing and hope it really works. And trust me I can’t just wish my cramps away, if only.
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Kikky Greene
Why shouldn’t stupid people be allowed to vote?
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David B
Actually Dawn, you would be surprised. “Wishing something away” is not exactly what it is, but it is called the placebo effect. A placebo is a pill that is just sugar that is given to one part of people during a medical study, while the real product being tested is given to the other part of the group. Both groups are told they are being given the medicine, and they see how many improve. In some cases, the feeling that they are being given a cure causes a subconscious “switch” to be flipped, and may cause them to improve. In other cases, it may not be the belief itself that helps, but a sudden change in behavior, such as going out more often or eating differently, or maybe something not even as dramatic as that, such as sleeping differently, that causes improvement of the condition.
I would bet it’s just a placebo effect.
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KEN RICHARDS
The statement there is no perpetual motion is false.The electron travels around the core of the atom forever unless acted on by some other force.You may say this is in the micro world but it does not matter. Either you have perpetual motion or you do not. The question is not where it applies.The appearance of excess power from what is put into a devise may be the capturing of the different types of electro magnetic energy that is constanly bombarding the earth.This would not be zero point energy but appears to be magic to someone who was not technicaly advanced enough to understand what is occuring. Scienctific America said air flight was impossible even after the Wright brother’s flight.A closed mind will never discover anything.
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Dan Satterfield Reply:
October 18th, 2010 at 20:41
Before saying something so silly, take a course in Quantum Mech.
Gheesh…
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Jerry Durden
Wow! This Country is full of morons. This is a prime example of the stupidy, ignorance and gullibility of the average American person. No wonder we elect “leaders” who start wars without provocation and are more worried about gay marriage than the shrinking middle-class. I wished the future seemed brighter, but I am not that optimistic for the direction of this Country.
Please turn off your reality telivision, Fox “News” & Home Shopping Network and pick up a book. THINK!
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Jared
I was watching TWC (the weather channel) and saw one of these dumb commercials and after some google work found your original post on this product. All I can say is I agree with what you are saying and love the comment about needing to take a test to vote…
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Devin
How many of you that are ripping on bracelet buyers believe in God? I’m not making a judgement, but I always find it interesting when people look past their own beliefs in the invisible to make fun of another’s. God may exist or he may not. Either way people feel better. If these bracelets help people feel better, what is the harm? If it doesn’t work, send it back.
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Bob
“You can fool some of the people….”
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Erinn
These bracelets are at Walgreens now in the As Seen on TV aisle. I bought one for the hell of it today, expecting some kind of magnetic or ionic therapy pamphlet with it. But the packaging contains NO information except some brief instructions on how to adjust the size. And yeah, it really is just a rubber band with a piece of ordinary metal wrapped around it — no copper, no magnets, nothing else. It probably cost about $3 to make, if that. And it’s making my wrist itch like hell.
It was only after I bought it that I visited the Website and saw that there is absolutely no explanation as to how the bracelet supposedly works or the materials it’s made of. The Website merely states that the bracelet uses “quantum-based technology” to “balance my biofield,” which can be affected by everything from “tabloid television” to “irate bosses.” *cracks up*
(HELP! MY BIOFIELD HAS FALLEN AND IT CAN’T GET UP!)
What’s worse, now people see it on my wrist and ask if they can try to push me over or throw me on the floor. :-\
I’m bummed. I was hoping it would at least make my boobs bigger.
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Brett Bruce
I am a food scientist born and bred in South Africa. Although I have never had the privilege of visiting the USA I have always viewed your country with a mixture of awe and respect. I really cannot understand how a seemingly large proportion of the population that inhabits the country that put a man on the moon, built the Ford AC Cobra and the Harley Davidson etc etc many decades ago, can not only allow this scam to continue, but actually believe in it. You need to stop this regression soon or you will be reduced to a 3rd world society like the one I am forced to inhabit.
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Mike C.
I laughed when I started seeing those ads for iRenew energy bracelet making their rediculous claims.They tell you that “athletes and celebreties” use it. But he doesn’t name any or show any of their pictures. Not to mention these so-called ‘natural frequencies’. What the hell is that? What’s a “biofield”? Its such an obvious load of crap. But people will by these and swear that they work. Because they don’t want to admit (even to themselves) that they were suckers for such a stupid scam. Remember when people used to wear copper bracelets for their arthritus? More of the same crap.
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Preston
*in the womb
Not ‘in the room,’ haha.
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ed merrill
I would not complain to the people who advertised this. Although some may buy it so what.It is truly sad that people fall for this and some do. There is another question put in place just from this whole thing….that we Americans are stupid. Hell I can tell you this was a dumb ass commercial when I saw it and I was stone drunk at the time. I just hope people don’t buy it on their welfare checks. I would hate paying for that.
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Redm
Perpetual motion and second principle of thermodynamics are not the same thing. Frictionless motion is not against physics, we just don’t manage to get it in practice and remove all “frictions” (we dont know how to do it, does not mean it’s impossible). However, a closed and isolated system cannot produce energy (first principle de= q + w = 0 + 0 in that case). The devices claiming to generate free energy are violating the first principle of thermodynamics, not the second. Perpetual motion has nothing to do with that.
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David Butters
My intelligent daughter bought the iRenew from our local drug store on the “As seen on TV” isle. She saved the double shipping cost for the free, second, bracelet and had me try one. Being the skeptic that I am I checked out the demos first. Then I had my daughter try the hand behind the back balance test without the bracelet on. Naturally, I was prepared and did not fall backwards or even move. Then we tried the thumb to the ring finger test, again without the bracelet on. With some difficulty she was able to pull my thumb away from my finger.
Following the adjustment video, I measured, cut and placed the bracelet on my wrist. We again tried the hands behind the back balance test with the same forceful downward pressure. The result was the same as the test without the bracelet. The thumb to finger test with the bracelet on yielded the same results as the test without the bracelet.
The obvious question is how would a simple piece of silicone and a few shiny bits of metal provide for anything other than being a little more cool than the Livestrong bracelet sold by Lance Armstrong or a pretty pink one from the Breast Cancer Society. At least Lance and the Breast Cancer Society are up front with the public, letting people know that their sales are fund raisers for their organizations.
Scam – You betcha. For those who still believe it works, sorry for your loss. Money maker – Absolutely, for a good entrepreneur and marketing group.
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