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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Researchers develop way to levitate objects in 3D space using sound

Researchers develop way to levitate objects in 3D space using sound | Mail Online: "Researchers have taken a step closer in the quest to develop hoverboards, as used by Marty McFly in the film Back to the Future II, by levitating objects in 3D using sound waves.

A hoverboard like the one used by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II might be a little way off, but the engineers' research, which has enabled them to levitate objects in three dimensions using sound waves, could pave the way for the fictional technology to become a reality

While scientists have previously managed to suspend objects in mid-air using what's called acoustic levitation, a team of Japanese engineers have managed to move objects around space in various directions."

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