Read the whole article because it’s hilarious.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    He probably shit his pants at the deafening sound of an MRI machine being quenched, and had to leave quickly to change them.

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        1 day ago

        MRIs are entirely electrical right? They just use liquid helium for cooling im pretty sure.

        Obviously there are a bunch of mechanical parts as well, that goes without saying i think though. Most people wouldn’t be able to tell you the difference between mechanical logic and solid state logic anyway.

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          Yes, you are right, but I meant the safety shutoff mechanism. Normally it just cuts the power to all dangerous stuff or brings it to a safe state. Here it’s not “cutting the power to the magnet”, it’s physically releasing the helium and damaging the superconductor in the process.