These things can be created by the human, the problem is a huge interest by brands that won't let this happen easily.
One example can be found
here Dr. T. henry Moray and Lester Hendershot
"Lester Hendershot (1899-1960) was the Inventor of the so-called Fuelless Motor (1928)....
Hendershot ran into political difficulties in promoting his device, attempted to take his business to Mexico, and finally faded into obscurity...
The project ended when Hendershot committed
suicide"