Phys.org  July 25, 2024 Light and sound waves can move objects through the transfer of linear or angular momentum. However, the stringent requirement for a highly controlled, low-reverberant and static environment still hinders the applicability of these techniques in many scenarios. An international team of researchers (Kazakhstan, Switzerland, France, Austria) overcame this challenge and demonstrated the manipulation of objects in disordered and dynamic media by optimally tailoring the momentum of sound waves iteratively in the far field. The method did not require information about the object’s physical properties or the spatial structure of the surrounding medium but relied only on […]