Monday, October 20, 2014

The tractor beam is here! Researchers conduct groundbreaking experiment that brings sci-fi weapon closer to reality

The tractor beam is here! Researchers conduct groundbreaking experiment that brings sci-fi weapon closer to reality | Daily Mail Online: "Tractor beams that can attract and repel large objects such as spaceships are a staple of sci-fi plotlines.

It's here! (kind of): Star Trek shjopwong how a large scale Tractor Beam could be used. On Earth, researchers have demonstratesd a slightly smaller version, moving particles one fifth of a millimetre in diameter a distance of up to 20 centimetres.

However, researchers have revealed they are finally a reality - albeit on a slightly smaller scale."

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