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Lock a Tractor Beam!

icegavelicegavel Member Posts: 991 Arc User
edited October 2012 in Ten Forward
Earlier today, the Huffington Post released an article online. Two physicists at NYU, David Ruffner and David Grier, have created a working tractor beam. It's a small scale device using two Bessel beam lasers (also invented by the pair) that operates like a conveyor belt, pulling the object toward you.

Just one problem... a ship-mounted one would require enough power in the laser to destroy anything you'd be towing. So, for now, it's small-scale only.
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  • supergaminggeeksupergaminggeek Member Posts: 616 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Check one off the list of Trekifying Earth.
  • b0wtiesarec00lb0wtiesarec00l Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    One step closer.

    Okay, half a step.

    Alright, it's the blueprints for the next step.

    Still, it's awesome.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    All we need now to have these guys make us warp drive.
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