Whenever a star ship was in distress, the Star Trek Enterprise could activate its tractor beam and drag the vessel to safety.
And now, the technology is gradually moving out of the realm of science fiction and into reality.
Scottish scientists claim to have created the most powerful version of a tractor beam to date using the power of sound.
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- Tight squeeze: Tractor trailer slows to crawl while attempting to clear bridge on I-24on May 10, 2024 at 10:28 am
If you had to sit in some extra slow traffic on I-24 Thursday, you may have noticed a tractor trailer attempting to clear a new bridge on the interstate with an ...
- Bridge over section of I-95 in process of being demolished due to damage from truck fireon May 3, 2024 at 3:41 am
Interstate 95 in Norwalk is expected to be closed until at least Monday morning following a massive tanker truck fire. The gasoline-fed fire was very difficult to extinguish, with flames roasting the ...
- Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roadson April 29, 2024 at 11:10 am
(light music continues) On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board.A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a ...
- Tractor driver who left woman fearing she could be ‘decapitated’ spared jailon April 29, 2024 at 6:11 am
A man who dangerously drove a tractor through a South Wales village leaving a woman ... A couple of more inches longer and I feel I would have been decapitated by the metal beam as he didn’t slow down ...
- Pembroke tractor driver left woman fearing decapitationon April 29, 2024 at 5:50 am
A man who dangerously drove a tractor through a village, leaving a woman fearing she could be "decapitated", has been spared jail. Martin Roch, 51, of Maiden Wells near Pembroke, pulled a trailer ...
- Meet the American who invented the gas-powered tractor, entrepreneur John Froelich, helped feed the worldon April 26, 2024 at 1:01 am
Froelich (pronounced fray-LICK), son of German immigrants, invented the gas-powered tractor. "He was quite an amazing man," Denise Schutte, executive director of the Froelich Foundation & Museum ...
- Pedestrian on ISB struck and killed by tractor-trailer shortly after midnighton April 19, 2024 at 4:59 pm
A semi-truck pulling a trailer struck and killed a pedestrian walking on West International Speedway Boulevard at 12:02 a.m. early Saturday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
- Are Flying Cars Finally Here?on April 14, 2024 at 5:00 pm
The question? “Where, in short, are the flying cars? Where are the force fields, tractor beams, teleportation pods, antigravity sleds, tricorders, immortality drugs, colonies on Mars?” ...
- What Is The Cost Of Piers And Beams For Foundations In 2024?on April 13, 2024 at 5:57 pm
Pier and beam foundations are becoming a popular choice among homeowners looking for a solid, stable base for their house while permitting easy access to the crawl space underneath. The cost of ...
- Lagarde Feels Pull of Fed’s Tractor Beam as ECB Plans Rate Cuton April 11, 2024 at 4:04 am
He reckons the Fed staying on hold at the same time as 100 basis points of cuts in the euro zone could lead to a “quite massive” 4-5% drop in the euro. Even lowering rates by half that amount ...
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