Tweezers of sound lift objects stably and without contact. (VIDEO)

Tokyo Metropolitan University

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(left) An illustration of the array of transducers and the lifting of a small particle. (middle) The different fields of sound generated by the array as a particle is lifted. (right) “Acoustic tweezers” lifting a particle and keeping it in place as the whole array is moved by hand.

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Tokyo Metropolitan University

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