Lightsabers

Gaming

Latest Kinect Hack: You Are The Jedi

10:00AM November 22, 2010 | Jack Loftus

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Entertainment

Every Single Lightsabre Ignition, Retraction In All Star Wars

11:40AM August 6, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

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No matter how many times we watch this video – showing every single lightsabre ignition and retraction in the Star Wars movies – we can’t make the bloody Spyder III laser to ignite like that. More »


The Spyder III, The World’s Most Powerful Portable Laser, Is A Real Life Lightsabre

3:40AM June 11, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Built with the blue-laser diode of a dismantled Casio Green Slim projector, the $US200 Spyder III is the world’s most powerful portable laser. It can permanently blind you and set your skin, or anything else, really, on fire instantly. More »


Now They’re Teaching Robots To Dance With Lightsabers

10:08PM November 25, 2009 | Danny Allen

The International Robot Exhibition 2009 is underway in Tokyo, and Yasukawa is again showcasing its Motoman robots. We’ve seen how dexterous previous models were in robo chef demonstrations, but it seems they’ve now got a taste for the Force. More »


Science

Commandos To Use Plasma Knives For Field Surgery

5:20PM October 15, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Apparently plasma knives—surgical instruments which have glowing, ionised gas as a blade—have passed Special Operations Command’s field testing and evaluation stages. Great! Now how much longer until this tech can be used to make real lightsabers? More »


Latestbuy Selling Lightsaber Torches… Must… Not… Open… Wallet…

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4:14PM October 6, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Latestbuy’s announcement that they’re selling torches shaped like Lightsabers was met with a mixed response in my brain. On the one hand, they’re probably not the best torches to actually use, considering the light is actually blue or red. On the other hand, they’re LIGHTSABER TORCHES! More »


Geek Out

The Definitive Star Wars Wedding

2:50AM May 8, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

OK, we are done with the Star Wars weddings. Tiger and Issa win starting with her stormtrooper bustier. Unless the Darth Vader marries you in spectral form, no Star Wars wedding will surpass this one:

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Entertainment

Light Saber Jousting With Segways

11:00AM May 5, 2009 | John Mahoney

Vice TV, going where no other news outlets dare: This time, it’s Segway instruction from an NYC weirdo named Itsy, then stage combat light saber lessons with the NYC Jedi Academy in Brooklyn. Then, fight!

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Entertainment

Art Peaks Forever as Two Chicks Lightsaber Battle in Their Underwear Without Irony

3:20AM April 9, 2009 | Mark Wilson

If two women were to ever lightsaber dueled for my affection, I might need to slice myself in half to accommodate the needs of them both. (Ever so slightly NSFW). [Thanks Nick!]

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TIE Fighter and Lightsaber Webcams Are Meticulously Detailed, Conceptually Strange

8:15PM March 25, 2009 | John Herrman

If you’re in the market for these products, you probably have a powerful imagination. Where, then, would you prefer to stare? Into the laser cannons of the TIE, or directly into the lightsaber’s hilt?

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