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1246418 No.1246418 [Reply] [Original]

How far off are we from being able to make these motherfuckers? We can make beams of concentrated plasma but how in the hell can we make the beam stop?

>> No.1246438

>>1246418
fuck if they made actual lightsabers I'd be the first to get one

>> No.1246474
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1246474

I hate all the faggots who think that these new 445nm lasers are like lightsabers... that said, who the hell would spend trillions in R&D to make a limited range laser?

>> No.1246488

>>1246474
Why the fuck would you want one unless it was like a lightsaber?

>> No.1246497

>>1246474
...I wasn't referring to them

>> No.1246507

>>1246488
cause they're fucking awesome.
>>1246497
I know, I just wanted to say that.

>> No.1246512
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1246512

>>1246507
0/10
laser or lightsaber?

>> No.1246529

>>1246418
>but how in the hell can we make the beam stop?

With fuckin' magnets.

>> No.1246541

The problem is that we don't have a power source small enough to produce the continuous blade that will fit into a handle that small

>> No.1246545 [DELETED] 

>The typical lightsaber hilt consisted of a metal cylinder between twenty and thirty-five centimeters in length. However, the size of individuals hilts varied drastically, as the weapon was tailored to the creator's specific needs and preferences. The lightsaber mechanisms were contained within the hilt. High levels of energy generated by a high-output Diatium power cell was unleashed through a series of focusing lenses and energizers that converted the energy into plasma. The plasma was projected through a set of focusing crystals that lent the blade its properties and allowed for the adjustment of blade length and power output. The ideal number of crystals was three, though only one was required.[3]

Once focused by the crystals, the plasma was sent through a series of field energizers and modulation circuitry within the emitter matrix that further focused it, making it into a coherent beam of energy that was projected from the emitter. The blade typically extended about a meter before being arced by the blade containment field back to a negatively charged fissure ringing the emitter, where it was channeled back to the power cell by a superconductor, completing the circuit.

Get out there and build one science.

>> No.1246546

>>1246512
lasers. Clearly you've never seen a watt and a half of 445nm light burning a hole through a piece of wood.

>> No.1246548

Fuck lightsabers, how long till we can make Sonics?

>> No.1246553

>>1246546
0/10
why care about that when I can burn anything I want with a lightsaber

>> No.1246563

>>1246553
-5/10
no lightsabers, summerfag.

>> No.1246569
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1246569

The typical lightsaber hilt consisted of a metal cylinder between twenty and thirty-five centimeters in length. However, the size of individuals hilts varied drastically, as the weapon was tailored to the creator's specific needs and preferences. The lightsaber mechanisms were contained within the hilt. High levels of energy generated by a high-output Diatium power cell was unleashed through a series of focusing lenses and energizers that converted the energy into plasma. The plasma was projected through a set of focusing crystals that lent the blade its properties and allowed for the adjustment of blade length and power output. The ideal number of crystals was three, though only one was required. Once focused by the crystals, the plasma was sent through a series of field energizers and modulation circuitry within the emitter matrix that further focused it, making it into a coherent beam of energy that was projected from the emitter. The blade typically extended about a meter before being arced by the blade containment field back to a negatively charged fissure ringing the emitter, where it was channeled back to the power cell by a superconductor, completing the circuit.

Go build one science

>> No.1246570

>>1246563
>implying they can't make a lightsaber

>> No.1246574

>>1246570
>implying it's not all bullshit or that there is any reason to make a lightsaber

>> No.1246584

>>1246574
>implying you need a reason

>> No.1246589

This topic represents the human desire to strive deeper into science.
And then melt stuff..

>> No.1246590

>>1246574
>implying you need a reason to build something that awesome

>> No.1246598

>>1246570

Good luck stopping a beam of photons without a fuckhuge superconductor coil.

Anyways, I call retard on this one.

>> No.1246612

>>1246598
So we need to find a way to make an extremely small superconductor that can do the same thing? A way must be found.

>> No.1246630

>>1246612
no, you fucktard middle schooler. A superconductor would do none of this bullshit, lightsabers are very poorly thought out.

>> No.1246645

Unfortunately we don't know where to find "focusing crystals".

>> No.1246667

>>1246645
Quartz might work?

>> No.1246697

>>1246667
You'd get a laser, dipshit. Go fuck off, and everyone sage.

>> No.1246712

>>1246697
Fuck you asshole, don't be mad because you can't think of another way

>> No.1246726

>>1246712
sure is middle school in here

>> No.1246767

It's a dumb tool that satisfied Lucas's need for a samurai sword. Starwars is just a space opera remake of the old samurai films anyway. Here's the deal: they learned how to draw little beams for blasters in other movies and he decided to just do the same thing for the swords.

If you want a really neat and possible future short-range weapon, check out mono-filament whips.