We’ve been waiting for honest-to-goodness tractor beams since Shatner was still sitting in the captain’s chair. Now — finally — NASA’s investing real cash money to spur the development of Zero Point technology.
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 particles almost 1.5m through the air.