FLASHBACK: Top 10 stories in May - From tractor beams to flexible nanogenerators

06/08/2014 - 21:10


Tractor beams really!? Yep May was definitely an interesting month with some very cool advances in the tech world. Check out the best below!


Tractor beam created using light and sound waves - Can push & pull objects on the cm scale


Matter created from light - Star Trek like replicator could possibly exist in a year


Scientists expand the genetic code artificially - Vast potential in medicines, vaccines, etc.


Novel lab-on-a-chip can rapidly detect early stages of cancer in one drop of blood


1000x more energy-efficient magnetic topological insulators to greatly enhance  future devices


Brain-machine interface can now learn via intelligent algorithms that learn your preferences


Flexible nanogenerator sees 40x energy efficiency increase - Infinite power to be commercialized soon


Self-assembling carbon nanotubes & graphene sheet based supercapacitor breaks previous record


VIDEO: Babelfish like Skype translator works in real time - Google Glass integration would be incredible


Breakthrough in graphene photonics via new method is cheap & scalable - Ultrafast communications en route