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title: A sonic tractor beam — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/a-sonic-tractor-beam/
date: 2015-10-28
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# A sonic tractor beam

Acoustic holograms are projected from a flat surface and contrary to traditional holograms, they exert considerable forces on the objects contained within. The acoustic holograms can be updated in real-time to translate, rotate and combine levitated particles enabling unprecedented contactless manipulators such as tractor beams.