There was an endless supply of fantastic projects at Supercon this year, but one whose fit and finish really stood out was [Scott]’s lightsaber ... of connections to make, and the outer two ...

Children all over the world wanted lightsabers at one point or another ... The people over at Hacksmith Industries like to make gadgets from science fiction a reality, such as Tony Stark's ...

We do actually have a pretty good idea of how lightsabers are supposed to work ... The closest thing to that we might be able to make would be with a few strands of carbon nanotube wire.

(The employees at T2 all are adamant that they are Jedi.) T2 started making lightsabers around two years ago, Tanner said, when he was looking for something to build, and Craig Nichols — who ...