CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Scientists have invented a way of controlling fires using a wand that puts out flames by zapping them with electricity, a physicist said Sunday.
The Harry Potter-style device could enable firefighters to quell flames without having to soak property with water and foam.
It will be unveiled this week at a meeting of the American Chemical Society by Ludovico Cademartiri, a Harvard University physicist, according to The (London) Sunday Times.
"Controlling fires is an enormously difficult challenge. Our research has shown that applying large electric fields can suppress flames very rapidly. We're very excited about the results," Cademartiri said.
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Great! As we speak, Salisbury FD is probably contracting with someone to buy one of these wands for a billion dollars and budgeting a couple hundred thousand dollars more to paint it their "official colors."
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