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So this is complex refraction, not any form of gravity?
Crystals With No Relation To Gravity Whatsoever Produce A Similar Effect To One Of The Things Gravity Does (They Bend Light) doesn't roll off the tongue
I would gladly accept the extended headline in place of such an asinine misguidance.
Thank you. I did say that out loud and it was very funny.
That sure what it sounds like to me, but the science is way above me
Consider eyeglasses. I have very thick glasses that help me focus by using lenses with different refraction than surrounding air to bend the light. Do I use pseudo-gravity to see?
Then most of the article is about really cool functionality described similar to some electronics basic operations that could potentially grow into logic gates or switches, which would be very cool, and still has nothing to do with gravity.
Refraction=/=gravity
Hard agree
And "without contact"?
I dont know, but i think light has to pass through something for refraction to actually mean anything
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