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Phoenix666 [soylentnews.org] writes:

The summary is the article [cnet.com]:

It's official: researchers at the University of Bristol's Bristol Interaction Group [bris.ac.uk] are wizards. They have invented a concept gauntlet that puts acoustic levitation in the palm of one's hand. Acoustic levitation [wikipedia.org] is a technique that uses sound waves to levitate materials [cnet.com] so that they can be manipulated without having to touch them.

The BIG team's project consists of wearable acoustic levitators [bris.ac.uk] attached to the hands, and could potentially allow scientists to handle dangerous or fragile materials without contact. They also created, using the same technology, a sort of "sonic screwdriver" that can also move objects around, but can be set down.

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