lightsabers

What A First-Person View Of A Lightsaber Duel Looks Like

If lightsabers ever become real, and let’s be honest some genius will dedicate his entire life into making that happen, I hope the entire world will be well practised in how to handle them. Sure, the ballet of Star Wars characters fighting in lightsabers looks great (or ridiculous), but when you get an up close view on the sword fight? The whole world will be missing at least one of their hands.


Giving A Baby A Lightsabre Is Never A Good Idea

Imagine a world where lightsabres are real. Totally awesome, yeah? All fun and games, right? But not really when a baby gets his hands on a lightsabre. When they start waving things around, you’re at their mercy. Fingers, homes, human bodies and anything else are just in the way.


Lightsaber Ice Block Mould: An Elegant Snack For A More Civilised Age

Sometimes making Star Wars merchandise that will appeal to everyone in its enormous fanbase is like shooting fish in a barrel. But come on, this mould that lets you make ice block lightsabers that actually light up is a stroke of genius.


How To Build A Mosquito-Zapping Lightsaber

If you’ve got 20 minutes to spare, some rudimentary hacking skills, a love for Star Wars and a disdain for insects — you can build this modified lightsaber that zaps bugs as you swing it through the air.


Latest Kinect Hack: You Are The Jedi

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Every Single Lightsabre Ignition, Retraction In All Star Wars

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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.


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

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.


Now They’re Teaching Robots To Dance With Lightsabers

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.


Commandos To Use Plasma Knives For Field Surgery

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?


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

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!


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