This image from the Center for Soft Matter Research at New York University shows two types of optical tractor beams that were projected in the lab. The center has created a real-life tractor beam that is a meter long and 400 times brighter than anything they’ve made before.
The Vitaliti is the modern-day version of the tricorder. Earlier this year, Cloud DX, which designed it, won the Bold Epic Innovator award as part of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition.
Teena Maddox is a VP at Brodeur Partners. She is a former Associate Managing Editor at TechRepublic. Teena's lifelong journalism career has included writing on staff for publications including People magazine, W magazine and Women's Wear Daily.