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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/01/18/2014230
ElectroMagnetic Ship Docking Station

Blogged by Oliver {at} 11:13AM
http://www.lockergnome.com/update/archives/week_2003_01_19.html
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Comments

This is just cool. Instead of having a large number of people laboring w/
ropes to secure the ship, powerful electro-magnets would secure the ship to
the dock. Previous attempts had been discarded because the magnetic fields
could not be sufficiently directed and would adversely effect any electronic
cargo. However new advances in our ability to control the strength and shape
of the magnetic field have now made the technology possible. (Originally
found on Slashdot, the direct link to the article on the New Scientist is
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993270 
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