FAC Research Labs

Focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Architectural Design, and Math. FAC is the acronym for Fire, Anvil, and Chisel.

This is a place where inventors, innovators, designers, engineers, mathematicians, scientists, and other creatives can meet and exchange ideas and learn from each other. These were the essential tools to forge the building blocks for many original artists and early inventors. At FAC Research Labs, we carry on that humble tradition of originalism in the most respectful and disruptive way.

04/19/2026

01/18/2026

NASA's Artemis.

01/18/2026

The Base Station is a solar-powered trailer prototype weighing under 1,500 pounds. https://bit.ly/4b7tgjK

Making an invisible electric wire: guiding electricity with sound | University of Helsinki

01/18/2026

Ultrasonic “acoustic wires” let us steer lightning in mid‑air.

At FAC Research Labs, we’re tracking groundbreaking work where high‑intensity ultrasound sculpts the air so that plasma sparks follow a precise path instead of branching randomly.

Each spark locally heats and thins the air, and the ultrasonic field then herds this low‑density channel along a chosen route—around corners, to specific electrodes, or even between different targets in rapid succession.

Why it matters: this technique turns sound into a dynamic, reconfigurable “wire in air,” hinting at future contactless connectors, smart high‑voltage switches, and exotic interfaces where electricity is routed by software‑defined sound fields rather than fixed metal conductors.

Making an invisible electric wire: guiding electricity with sound | University of Helsinki Researchers from Spain, Finland and Canada have shown for the first time that electric sparks can be guided using ultrasonic waves.

01/18/2026

We are losing talent. Inventors are developing in foreign countries now, not the USA.

This war on immigrants must stop.

Technology is developing so fast that even a five year delay can set us back a generation.