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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.
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
newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/3EeJCln5KYg&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} );Remember Star Wars Kid? He needs to come of retirement and get acquainted with Yankeyan’s lightsaber Kinect hack.
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
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.
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