The dream of a real lightsaber has always sounded like a physics joke, not an engineering brief. Yet a retractable plasma ...

Move over Peter Parker: Boston has its own super engineer turning science fiction into real life. Jacob Uy just graduated from Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts, where he spent the ...

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Lightsaber science gets real! Inspired by Disney’s retractable lightsaber, we crafted a 4000° proto version and tested it in wild experiments. Is it as dangerous as it looks? Find out as we swing into ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook For those interested, here’s a description of the toy: “Power Saber is the world’s first fully ...

Ever dreamed of being a Jedi? Armed with an elegant weapon for a more civilised age, many of us have fantasised about cutting a bright green (or blue) swathe across a galaxy far, far away. Disney even ...