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Laser physicists have built a tractor beam that can repel and attract
objects, using a hollow laser beam that is bright around the edges and dark in
its centre.
It is the first long-distance optical tractor beam and moved particles one
fifth of a millimetre in diameter a distance of up to 20 centimetres, around 100
times further than previous experiments.
“Demonstration of a large scale laser beam like this is a kind of holy grail
for laser physicists,†said Professor Wieslaw Krolikowski, from the Research
School of Physics and Engineering.
The new technique is versatile because it requires only a single laser beam.
It could be used, for example, in controlling atmospheric pollution or for the
retrieval of tiny, delicate or dangerous particles for sampling.
Read more: http://news.anu.edu.au/2014/10/20/physicists-build-reversible-tractor-beam/ (http://news.anu.edu.au/2014/10/20/physicists-build-reversible-tractor-beam/)
Dats what I'm talking about! Soon as I get mine dem bitches won't be getting far!
Now all we need are shields and warp drive and teleportation. :)
That is amazing. I wonder how soon it will be used for sex?
Fuck..no holideck flesh pots yet?