Remember that magnetic fields from a solenoid drop off as r-3; compasses are really sensitive, but to get any sort of uniformity, yes, you'd need a lot of electromagnets. Effectively, what you'd need is a lot of wire, which is cheap, and a lot of power supplies, which are really not cheap.
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Date: 2007-03-13 05:29 am (UTC)