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 ...

Movie magic has been brought to life with the world’s first retractable lightsaber. YouTuber Alex Burkan, from Russia, was recently recognized by Guinness World Records as the creator of the world’s ...

Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. Being stuck at home during the pandemic ...

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 ...

This is no Hollywood prop. Engineer and YouTube personality James Hobson has finally done what so many movie nerds before him have dreamed about: He created a functional — and potentially deadly — ...

YouTuber and engineer, the Hacksmith, has created the world’s first retractable, “plasma-based” lightsaber, and it burns at 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. There’s been an endless number of real-life ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Disney's sequel trilogy had style but little substance. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Disney is working on a "real" ...

At a recent virtual press conference, Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro apparently whipped out a retractable lightsaber. According to people who were actually there, this drama queen ended a ...

The lightsaber was one of the coolest and most iconic visual effects from the original Star Wars, and people have been trying to get that particular piece of movie magic off the silver screen for ...