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		AlotOfReading on Jan 21, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996) This is an electrostatic field, which has no magnetic component in the classical model.

HelloNurse on Jan 22, 2025 [–]

And more practically is likely to be detected, when approaching it casually, by discharging it through the closest body part.

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