Scientists built a working tractor beam—the first example of one that pulls objects visible to the naked eye. That's a huge deal.

Building on this previous research, the team constructed a beam of light and tested it on polystyrene particles with varying sizes - some were 400 nm, others were 1000 nm.

The researchers, whose study was published in Nature Communications, have built a working tractor beam that uses high-amplitude sound waves to generate “an acoustic hologram”, which can grab ...

Have you ever lazily wished you could just use a tractor beam to grab that out-of-reach object? Apparently, you can. Using only light, Australian researchers say they are able to move small ...

Scientists just built a working tractor beam that relies on sound waves By Drew Prindle Published May 8, 2014 Save Thanks to ...

Scientists built a working tractor beam—the first example of one that pulls objects visible to the naked eye. That's a huge deal. Scientists Actually Did It: They Built a Real Working Tractor Beam ...

Human technology is crossing another threshold. Tractor beams have been common in science fiction for decades. Now a team of researchers is working on a real-life tractor beam that could help us with ...

Scientists have built a real-life tractor beam that can pull actual objects using nothing but light. But it has one big drawback: it's absolutely tiny. Despite its still tiny size, the new tractor ...

In a New York lab, tractor beams are real -- and becoming powerful enough to be a tool for space exploration. Meet the man working with NASA on a real-life tractor beam - CNET X ...

The tractor beam, the famous grabbing tool of choice by any UFO or spaceship, ... Scientists create a working tractor beam. by Andrew McKee, WKRC. Sun, July 28th 2024 at 9:53 AM (WKRC) ...