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Researchers have managed to adapt the tractor beam technology into a handheld version that anyone can use—and even 3-D print at home.

Your next new car could come equipped with vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology. A new pumped hydro plant gets an OK to move forward. And scientists in Germany are testing a sensor to learn about the dynamics of avalanches. Rich Northrup has your weekly news brief.

Mind over matter as thoughts alone control a robotic arm. A device to harvest the energy from your car’s suspension system. And move over Mozart! We’ll show you music to write code by.

Too much voltage applied to a device is one of the reasons.

The lights allow for more potent, higher-yield plants.

Putting up computer controlled holiday lights can become addicting. It may not seem like it, and it won’t feel like it when you’re putting the lights up, but once you’re done you are never satisfied.

Tall, lean and green: We’ll show you the year’s best skyscraper. A startup aims to help pot growers kick their energy addiction. And robots could help first responders map earthquake damaged structures. Rich Northrup has your weekly engineering news brief.

Filters are electrical circuits designed to remove, attenuate or alter the characteristics of electrical signals.

Scientists think that helium may offer a good warning of big earthquakes. A containment dome for Chernobyl is finally finished. And a startup hits on a simple method to clean water for schools in poorer parts of the world. Rich Northrup has your weekly news brief.

The material’s properties allow for an unprecedented amount of detection, hundreds of times more sensitive than normal sensors.

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShip Two takes first successful free flight.