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

This isn’t a prop, a toy, or a visual effect. What you’re seeing is a prototype plasma blade reaching temperatures around ...

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 ...

Show me the damn lightsaber. I know you have a real one now. And it’s time to fess up. Let’s backtrack a bit. Yesterday, at a seemingly routine press event for the upcoming launch of Disneyland’s new ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The CSAR DiscRotor, a collaboration between Boeing and DARPA, was ...

That galaxy far, far away has seemingly found its way into reality via one savvy YouTube channel by the name of Alex Lab - emphasis on the "lab" portion. The Russian engineer, named Alex Burkan, is a ...

Even for the most casual Star War fans like myself, the dream of one day owning a lightsaber that actually, you know, looks like a lightsaber is extremely alluring. Sure, existing lightsabers might ...