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NASA tracks mystery object moving about 1 million mph in space

Volunteer astronomers sifting through infrared images from a retired NASA telescope have spotted a faint object racing ...
IFLScience

Sound Waves Can Be Used To Move Objects Like A Tractor Beam, Even Around Obstacles

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...
Ars Technica

Moving Heavy Objects Up and Down Stairs (by myself)

I would like to invent a way for me to move large heavy objects (couch, pinball machine, furniture, etc.) up and down stairs in my house by myself without putting my health at risk. I'm looking for ...
Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN

Inside the grueling training teaching humanoid robots to move like humans

Teaching a humanoid robot to move naturally is less a software trick than a data marathon. Behind the polished demos of ...
KSTP-TV

U of M study shows new way to move objects with sound waves rather than physical touch

A study published last month by University of Minnesota mechanical engineering researchers has the potential to make waves – ultrasonic waves, to be exact – in fields like surgery and manufacturing. U ...
Science Daily

Scientists harness the wind as a tool to move objects

Researchers have developed a technique to move objects around with a jet of wind. The new approach makes it possible to manipulate objects at a distance and could be integrated into robots to give ...