Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> James Nicoll wrote:
>> Interestingly, all of that power goes through a wire the
>> thickness
>> of my little finger, implying room temperature superconductors are
>> off-the- shelf technology in that universe.
>
> Well, the wire leading to Stark's heart electromagnet is that thick,
> but since it was running off a car battery initially I doubt it needs
> all that much power. The reactor's exposed on his chest so when Stark
> gets into the armor it could couple to it directly.
>
> Plus, Stark was using components from his company's
> multi-hundred-million-dollar highly-classified missiles to build it,
> so he's not necessarily limited to "off the shelf" stuff. :)
>
Or, at least, he gets to use a very special shelf.
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