Not so, if you use a pair of specialised ultrasonic transducer arrays to move the air instead! (Video, embedded below) Three banks of thrusters provide a 180 degree steerable net force Details are ...

[Lindsay] has a wonderful writeup about a new toy in the shop, an ultrasonic transducer. The 28kHz, 70W bolt-clamped Langevin transducer by itself is not much use, you need a power supply ...

The MVUS01 ultrasound transducer interface is the first generation of high-voltage (HV) ultrasound ASICs intended for portable medical imaging probes and other markets. The chip supports pulsing ...