Hi there, has anyone thought of using nanotechnology to create a "vehicle" that can travel on top of light?Thereby allowing us to use light as a propulsion system?
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Hi there, has anyone thought of using nanotechnology to create a "vehicle" that can travel on top of light?Thereby allowing us to use light as a propulsion system?
Well, there are solar sails which use light as a propulsion system:
Solar sail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
And at the small scale, light can be used to manipulate objects:
Optical tweezers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Is that the sort of thing you were thinking of?
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