- trapped ions are one of the main areas of hardware compute
- Seversky, yes the same Seversky whose mansion I went into, was one of the first to believe in the [ionocraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion-propelled_aircraft)
- The principle of[ionic wind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionic_wind "Ionic wind")propulsion with[corona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_discharge "Corona discharge")-generated charged particles was discovered soon after the discovery of[electricity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity "Electricity")with references dating to 1709 in a book titled_Physico-Mechanical Experiments on Various Subjects_by[Francis Hauksbee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Hauksbee "Francis Hauksbee").
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- [Geoffrey A. Landis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_A._Landis "Geoffrey A. Landis")proposed using an ion thruster powered by a space-based laser, in conjunction with a lightsail, to propel an interstellar probe
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