We’re pushing closer than ever to building a real, handheld lightsaber—but it comes with serious risks. Using liquid oxygen and advanced engineering, even the smallest mistake could be catastrophic.

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, where he spent the past four ...

Nothing is quite as iconic of the Star Wars franchise as is the lightsaber. A weapon wielded by force-sensitive being of good and evil intent, the lightsaber symbolizes the transcendent nature of the ...