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by StavrosK 5546 days ago
It's a concept, which means that the magnetic field explanation is very much akin to the flimsy pretexts used by science fiction shows to provide some plausible sort of excuse for how something like this might perhaps work maybe.

Concepts are basically what happens when a person who can draw goes "dude, wouldn't it be awesome if X?".
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andor 5546 days ago
It's a concept, which means that the magnetic field explanation is very much akin to the flimsy pretexts used by science fiction shows to provide some plausible sort of excuse for how something like this might perhaps work maybe.

No, it's not: http://research.nokia.com/files/public/2011-01-12-Ashbrook-C... [pdf]

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StavrosK 5546 days ago
Ah, then the article was wrong to call it one.
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