Telekinesis

Telekinesis is the power to move objects by sheer thought.

This is possible using superconductors operating at room temperature, thereby allowing us to create huge magnetic fields that require little power. In the same way that electricity became ubiquitous and invisible, embedded in the home, room-temperature superconductors will bring magnetism to the mainstream.

This is an extension of smart or intelligent devices in a home. Everything will have a tiny superconductor inside it that can generate bursts of magnetic energy. When an electrical current is added to an object, it can create a powerful magnetic field capable of sending it across a room. By thinking, we will activate the supermagnet embedded within an object and thereby make it move. Room-temperature superconductors may be hidden inside common items, even nonmagnetic ones. If a current is turned on within the object, it will become magnetic and hence it can be moved by an external magnetic field that is controlled by your thoughts.

In Star Wars, the Force unleashes the mental powers of the Jedi knights, allowing them to control objects and other people with their mind. Objects ranging from weapons to entire starships can be levitated using the power of the Force.

In Marvel, Magneto can move enormous objects with his mind by manipulating their magnetic properties.

In Forbidden Planet, an ancient civilization attains the ability to control anything with the power of their minds. Their powerful machines tapped not only into their conscious thoughts but also into their subconscious desires. The savage, long-suppressed thoughts of their violent, ancient evolutionary past sprang back to life, and the machines materialized every subconscious nightmare into reality. On the eve of attaining their greatest creation, this mighty civilization was destroyed by the very technology they hoped would free them from instrumentality.

Fluid Lasso
Telekinesis is achieved by having a fluid act as a "limb" or "rope" which can be propelled at an object and grip it. The fluid has to have a super strong cohesion and act like a solid on command. Electrorheological (ER) fluids have electrically active particles suspended in an electrically insulating fluid. When exposed to an electric field, the viscosity of the fluid rises sharply to create a more solid medium.

The problem with ER fluids is that they become solid only when in between two electrodes. A team has created one with yield strengths of 130 kpa.

It has to be as dense as possible to have a low speed of sound for the acoustic "tractor beam" to be its strongest. As the speed of sound increases, the acoustic radiation force decreases. Foglets can increase their cohesion with electrical input, and create a super ER fluid. A mix of foglets to create the field, and others to bond with each other in chains with electromagnetic strengths, should create the ideal deployable “fluid limb”. An acoustic emitter can then create standing waves around the the fluid, to kind of guide it.