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Originally Posted by NullNix
Actually, it depends how strong the magnet is! The screen is, after all, electromagnetically driven... big enough fields will interfere with the display process, though I'm not sure how strong that field needs to be: pretty strong, given that the voltage used to drive the thing is 15V over a very short distance. Don't try to read in an active MRI machine, since that is probably strong enough to rupture some of the spheres that implement the light/dark patterns on the display. (Well, actually, since a Kindle contains metal, it would basically turn into a sharp-edged flying brick if you did that, so... don't).
Obviously, if an MRI machine is bad, bigger fields are worse! Don't try to read near a magnetar, though if you did that you'd be in way bigger trouble ......Also you'd die in seconds. But, colour!)
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Your post is the funniest thing I've read here in weeks.