Researchers Control Magnetically-Levitated Objects with Light

Mashable 2014-07-29

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Japanese researchers have managed to move a magnetically-levitated, graphite disc using nothing more than a laser beam. This would reportedly be useful for optically-driven turbines or change the way magnetically levitated vehicles are controlled.
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