After that, they entered the factory floor. It actually looked a lot like the shed Arthur used to have outside The Burrow, though it had clearly been tidied up for filming. Still, the few lingering oil stains and patches of rust gave everyone some idea of what the place usually looked like.
Arthur showed them many little gadgets that even Allen and Hermione were not familiar with—all products whose modifications were relatively complete and whose effects were fairly outstanding. In fact, many of these modified Muggle objects could no longer really be called modifications. The Muggles' creations had merely given Arthur ideas, and he had used magic to directly reproduce similar functions. Every product had also been developed in two versions.
The first type made use of the magical radiation from Hogwarts's Energy Core. They were mass-produced items that could be made from cheap materials with only modest Alchemy requirements, and they could function normally throughout the entire Floating City. The second type was traditional magical items. They could work normally anywhere, but correspondingly, their requirements for manufacturing materials and Alchemy skill were much higher, and counterfeiting them was also far more expensive. Although the Energy Core made the production process somewhat simpler, trade between the United Kingdom and the international wizarding market had not yet returned to normal, and only wizards who needed to leave the Floating City would use them, so their output was still not particularly high.
"Most Muggle products are fairly simple to convert, but once it involves objects they call electronic products, as everyone knows, Muggle electronic instruments and devices cannot be used at Hogwarts... and that was only Hogwarts before it became airborne. Because places where magic gathers are surrounded by a powerful magical field, these Muggle products break down outright as soon as