Reply to post: Re: New Apple invention :)

Buttonless and port-free: Expect the next iPhone to be as smooth as a baby's bum

Phil Endecott

Re: New Apple invention :)

> Also could it be set to work in reverse so users have to

> ability to warm a bagel on a metal phone cover?

Yes, I’m sure you could inductively couple into a bagel or a ring doughnut if it were sufficiently conductive.

Of course non-ring-shaped food items would be more difficult. Perhaps it would create a market for ring-shaped Cornish pasties? Just avoid curly-wurlies - I reckon that “ladder” topology would act like some kind of voltage multiplier...

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