Electric Wand Makes Fire Disappear

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110329-electric-wands-fire-firefighters-extinguish-science-harvard-chemical/

I thought this was pretty cool so decided to share it.

Wow.
I heard about using magnetic fields to push flames away from doorways, expediting evacuations, but this is awesome.
As an engineer, the potential applications for such things as, say, jet exhaust, are interesting...