After demonstrating the first acoustically driven tractor beam platform, researchers develop a simpler, cheaper version using 3-D printable parts and open-source electronic components for the maker ...

Tractor beams sound like science fiction straight out of “Star Trek,” but one U.K.-based researcher is showing off how you could make your own using a 3D printer. Short for “attractor” beams, the ...

If you consider yourself a techie, here's a project that could be worth tackling: a sonic tractor beam. Although usually considered something straight out of science fiction, tractor beams that use ...

With some materials and a 3D printer, anyone can now 3D print their very own sonic tractor beams that use sound to attract the minutest of objects. It might sound like a device found in Star Trek, but ...