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Sam, that would be at most a problem of Lo Saasun Kein Lashem Elokecha. But it shouldn’t be that either, because: A) We aren’t using it for Avodas Hashem, and B) We aren’t looking to it as a method of their Avodas Hashem, only as a technical method that was shown to have physical benefits.

The Magid Meisharim says that Avraham Avinu studied Egyptian established methods, which were used and developed for AZ, to use for holy purposes.