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Posted: **Sun Sep 12, 2010 2:06 am**

Gizmag article indicates that though the technology is far from the stuff of Star Trek, it is progressing:
http://www.gizmag.com/anu-researchers-create-tractor-beam/16312/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8a4a0dd806-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

Posted: **Sun Sep 12, 2010 6:05 am**

"jeffbert" wrote:Gizmag article indicates that though the technology is far from the stuff of Star Trek, it is progressing:
http://www.gizmag.com/anu-researchers-create-tractor-beam/16312/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=8a4a0dd806-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email

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Posted: **Tue Sep 14, 2010 5:41 pm**

Actually, this thing seems much closer to IRON MAN's repulsors than tractor beams.

Posted: **Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:54 pm**

"That's no moon... It's a space station."

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It's pulling us in! Researchers make tractor beams a reality

It's pulling us in! Researchers make tractor beams a reality