A Novel, Spherical Sensor Array to Detect Extra-Terrestrial Mass Asymmetry

This publication describes our scientific journey to reach the 4
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version of a spherical Mach Effect sensor apparatus. This paper focuses specifically on recent refinements to and past performance of this novel scientific instrument. Much has been learned over the past two decades (since version 1) about how and when our sensor array system enables the possible detection of an electromagnetic interaction appearing consistent with one attributable to a Machian inertial interaction. This paper describes the sensor array in sufficient detail for others to replicate our findings viewable in other publications. The joint probability that these 11 independent results could have been achieved by random chance is very low. The detector would appear to ‘point’ in the direction of one of three gravitational targets; the Sun, the center of our Milky Way galaxy or the center of our Virgo supercluster of galaxies. This work may challenge the current view of the role empiricism must play in building a more robust, fact-based and scientific view of reality. In this venue showcasing the latest technologies and applications in electrical, computer and mechatronic engineering we contend that a sensor system should be considered a scientific device based upon its ability to create repeatable evidence from nature, which our evolving devices now regularly do.