A Star Trek style ‘tractor beam’, which uses light to attract objects, is developed by scientists at the University of St Andrews. BBC News – Science & Environment
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Tractor beam built from rings of laser light
By admin on Saturday, October 20th, 2012 | Comments Off
A two-laser system can move microscopic objects such as biological cells or space dust New Scientist – Online news
Read More...Vermont farmer uses tractor to smash 7 police cruisers
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A Vermont farmer who was arrested last month expressed his displeasure Thursday by driving a heavy tractor over seven police vehicles. USATODAY.com Feed
Read More...When your school bus is a tractor
By admin on Monday, April 16th, 2012 | Comments Off
If you saw a school parking lot filled with tractors — and the school has already been built — you’d probably have some questions. Science News
Read More...Building A Village Starts With Building The Tractor
By admin on Monday, February 20th, 2012 | 2 Comments
Do-it-yourselfers have made everything from bamboo bicycles to 3-D printers, but nothing as ambitious as the Open Source Ecology project. On a farm in northwest Missouri, tractors and other industrial machines are made from scratch, with detailed plans on how to do it yourself shared online. Environment
Read More...Nasa to examine ‘tractor beams’
By admin on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011 | 4 Comments
Nasa funds a study into the use of laser-based “tractor beams” to draw in samples for analysis on future missions. BBC News – Science & Environment
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