TRACTOR BEAM FROM STAR TREK TO BE REALIZED BY NASA AS ARX PAX PARTNERING WITH NASA TO DEVELOP THE TECHNOLOGY TO MANIPULATE OBJECTS IN SPACE–AS THE MAKER OF THE EARTBOUND MAGNETIC LEVITATING HOVERBOARD AGAINST A SPECIAL METAL PLATE TO EXPAND ITS MFA AS A STARTING POINT TO ITS EVENTUAL CREATION THE TRACTOR BEAM

When Arx Pax unveiled its “hoverboard” last year, we had a hunch that this was but the first demonstration of the company’s new magnetic field technology. Why was Arx Pax really messing around with magnets? For one, to build a tractor beam.

That’s right: Today, Arx Pax is announcing a new partnership with NASA, which wants to use hover engine technology to capture and manipulate micro-satellites. In other words, NASA and Arx Pax are going to try to create a magnetic tractor beam. A small one.

“NASA realized that this is a fundamental tool,” Arx Pax founder and CFO Greg Henderson told Gizmodo over the phone. “What we’re providing NASA is a way of manipulating objects in space without touching them.”

But let’s back up a quick sec. For those who don’t remember, Arx Pax made its debut with the unveiling of the Hendo Hoverboard in 2014. That device—yes, it can indeed hover off the ground—was the first application of the company’s patent-pending Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) technology.

http://gizmodo.com/nasa-teams-up-with-hoverboard-company-to-build-a-magnet-1728136893