{"id":80465,"date":"2018-07-08T13:42:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T20:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/scientists-just-used-a-tractor-beam-to-levitate-the-largest-object-yet"},"modified":"2018-07-09T01:29:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T08:29:29","slug":"scientists-just-used-a-tractor-beam-to-levitate-the-largest-object-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/scientists-just-used-a-tractor-beam-to-levitate-the-largest-object-yet","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Just Used a Tractor Beam to Levitate the Largest Object Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gHAe4FFHtB0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s most powerful tractor beam just lifted a 2 centimeter ball, but could it make levitating humans a reality?<\/p>\n<p>One Shot Could Provide All the Vaccines You\u2019ll Ever Need \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qQ1VKYX4Vl0\" class=\"\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDcQ6TgYACITCPXTnfSukNwCFdAafgodZgAHkij4HQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qQ1VKYX4Vl0\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/qQ1VKYX4Vl0<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thumbnail image courtesy of University of Bristol.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/01\/180121221627.htm&v=gHAe4FFHtB0&event=video_description\" class=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/01\/180121221627.htm&v=gHAe4FFHtB0&event=video_description\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDcQ6TgYACITCPXTnfSukNwCFdAafgodZgAHkij4HUid6J6KhdyHuIAB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/01\/180121221627.htm\">https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/01\/180121221627.htm<\/a><\/a><br \/> \u201cAcoustic tractor beams use the power of sound to hold particles in mid-air, and unlike magnetic levitation, they can grab most solids or liquids. For the first time University of Bristol engineers have shown it is possible to stably trap objects larger than the wavelength of sound in an acoustic tractor beam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weaponizing Sound: How a \u2018Silent\u2019 Sonic Weapon Might Work<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/redirect?redir_token=yEYOTFi0_jaZ8xCCHkghWLDMwLF8MTUzMTE2ODkzM0AxNTMxMDgyNTMz&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seeker.com%2Ftech%2Fweaponizing-sound-how-a-sonic-weapon-might-work&v=gHAe4FFHtB0&event=video_description\" class=\"\" data-url=\"\/redirect?redir_token=yEYOTFi0_jaZ8xCCHkghWLDMwLF8MTUzMTE2ODkzM0AxNTMxMDgyNTMz&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.seeker.com%2Ftech%2Fweaponizing-sound-how-a-sonic-weapon-might-work&v=gHAe4FFHtB0&event=video_description\" data-target-new-window=\"True\" data-sessionlink=\"itct=CDcQ6TgYACITCPXTnfSukNwCFdAafgodZgAHkij4HUid6J6KhdyHuIAB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seeker.com\/tech\/weaponizing-sound-how-a-sonic-weapon-might-work\">https:\/\/www.seeker.com\/tech\/weaponizing-sound-how-a-sonic-weapon-might-work<\/a><\/a><br \/> \u201cA super secret sonic weapon being used to attack diplomats in a foreign country may sound like the start of a sci-fi novel, but that\u2019s exactly what several US diplomats in Cuba may have been exposed to, the US State Department recently announced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gHAe4FFHtB0\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gHAe4FFHtB0<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s most powerful tractor beam just lifted a 2 centimeter ball, but could it make levitating humans a reality? One Shot Could Provide All the Vaccines You\u2019ll Ever Need \u2014 https:\/\/youtu.be\/qQ1VKYX4Vl0 Thumbnail image courtesy of University of Bristol. The world\u2019s most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans. https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2018\/01\/180121221627.htm \u201cAcoustic [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1914],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-tractor-beam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80477,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80465\/revisions\/80477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}