pashnak Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Custom Handheld Laser Raises Hope Of A Real Lightsaber [Video] Not too long ago, most Star Wars enthusiasts’ dreams of one day wielding a real lightsaber were crushed. It was said that in order to generate the energy necessary to fuel a lightsaber, we would literally have to harness a power too great to ever be put into a handheld device. This put a jolt through the hopes of one day even holding a real lightsaber. Well, don’t be discouraged by the science behind it all since one brave home tinkerer has been able to build a custom handheld laser that once again raises hope. This custom handheld build comes from “Styropyro,” a rather innovative designer who decided that science was not going to stop him from at least wielding a slimmer version of a lightsaber. By pulling a diode from a DLP projector and using a pair of 18650 Lithium Ion batteries (which you can find in laptop computers for example), he managed to power the diode in overdrive. The result is a thin, custom, handheld laser lightsaber that in the right conditions (like in a smokey room), looks just like a lightsaber. Sure, this is far from being a powerful Jedi weapon, but it’s the generated power that we are looking at here. By putting a number of objects in front of the laser, Styropyro demos the intensity of the laser generated, and it’s nothing less than impressive to watch. Imagine if you put several of these diodes together into a thicker and more powerful laser beam. You would actually have something that would be similar to a real lightsaber. The real challenge is of course making the laser beam stop after a certain distance. How that will ever be possible is probably up to science itself. So either way, if you want this handheld laser to mimic the properties of a real lightsaber, I guess you will have to incorporate science into all of it regardless. At least we’re getting closer to a custom handheld lightsaber that might one day become a reality. For now, we can just drool over Styropyro’s custom creation and marvel. Styropyro’s Custom Handheld Laser Lightsaber Build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryates Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Nice find - that is most impressive. Here's the video of the laser in action: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootch Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 ANTS!!! We Want to burn ants!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandtrooper 66 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 The only way I can think of reflecting the laser and maintaining a tube less light Saber is with gas. If the laser was Somehow hydrogen based it would have an electro-negativity of 2.2. Therefore it would maintain non-permanent bonds with oxygen and nitrogen in the air and if this bond was incredibly strong it might pull enough gas to form a thick layer which might reflect the laser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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