Quantoman Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Could it be possible to make a working lightsaber for use like in the star wars movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 mabye but so far not in our time they tried experimenting with plasma a little while ago it would be almost suicidal to use one cus the heat comming off it would burn you......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herpguy Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I was actually thinking about this earlier today... Is it possible to make a lightsaber (well, kind of) by having a metal stick (or something like that) with electricity running through it? Will it work pretty much the same way? Maybe it can have a thing around it extremely cold to lower the temperature of the "lightsaber." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 How would you be able to "stop" the beam when it reached a certain length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Sin Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Yeah, the most I've seen are those replicas which cost around $100. However, if you actually created a real one, it'd sell for a cornucopia o' cash. My best guess is for a full metal rod, which resembled a handle at the bottom or whatever... then for a laser to engulf the upper two thirds of the metal rod. Is there any type of material that could stop a laser? You could put it both at the top of the handle, and at the top of the full rod. I dunno, I'm not familiar with this type of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Could it be possible to make a working lightsaber for use like in the star wars movies? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj47 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 In the u.k. a while back, two teenagers attempted to make one using petrol filled tubes which they set alight. Obviously what ever the hell they thought would happen didn't and it just blew up in thier face casuing them both third degree burns. I know its harsh but they had to deserve it for thier stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 In the u.k. a while back' date=' two teenagers attempted to make one using petrol filled tubes which they set alight. Obviously what ever the hell they thought would happen didn't and it just blew up in thier face casuing them both third degree burns. I know its harsh but they had to deserve it for thier stupidity.[/quote'] Why would they use petrol?? Obviously light sabers employ some sort of laser technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj47 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 wait I found the article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/4575291.stm I was wrong they used flouresent tubing for the effect, nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 hemel hempstead? isn't that the place where that oil depot just blew up the other day. maybe they tried a bigger version! lol j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj47 Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 lol yea the two events are eerily similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyboy Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 I was actually thinking about this earlier today... Is it possible to make a lightsaber (well, kind of) by having a metal stick (or something like that) with electricity running through it? Will it work pretty much the same way? Maybe it can have a thing around it extremely cold to lower the temperature of the "lightsaber." that would be a fun cow prodder to use:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbug1 Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 How would you be able to "stop" the beam when it reached a certain length? I had thought that to reach a certain length, the 'creators' of light sabers incorporated two laser-type beams in the handle. With two "lasers" tilted slightly towards each other, the beams would meet at the specific height and serve as a barrier to the deadly, fluorescent saber, shooting out of the handles core. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaynos Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I had thought that to reach a certain length, the 'creators' of light sabers incorporated two laser-type beams in the handle. With two "lasers" tilted slightly towards each other, the beams would meet at the specific height and serve as a barrier to the deadly, fluorescent saber, shooting out of the handles core. Wouldn't work, also you've got to think of the power consumption of powerful lasers, that's alot of batteries you've got to carry :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herpguy Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 How would you be able to "stop" the beam when it reached a certain length? Would a mirror work? Some tv show i watched said lasers are just beams of light. Is this the same kind of laser? I confuse myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Yeah, but lightsabers are about a metre long, then the beam of energy just stops for no reason. Why don't lightsabers have an infinite length? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Yeah' date=' but lightsabers are about a metre long, then the beam of energy just stops for no reason. Why don't lightsabers have an infinite length?[/quote'] Because it would have been akward to hold in the movies... In reality they should stretch on forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chemfreak Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 ya that would hurt and kill millions. like you set it off, kill millions and then it hits you in the spine/ head and you die. perfect plan:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illuminati Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 This is actually one of the items I'd like to research later in life. Lightsabers are possible but not in the litteral sense. With current plasma technology, a cold plasma "light sabre" is possible but only a few inches long, the beam is self terminating because it is just a de-ionized oxygen/helium gas. The beam only heats to about 75 degrees F. so it is non-lethal, but in the future, it could be possible to not only extend the beam to a metre or so, but also be able to create a lethal version. hooray for second post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrblond5311 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Is there anyway we could "loop" the laser back around by attracting it back to the point of origin & just make it continuous? That would solve the problem of the length if you could set the attraction behind a "reflector" that would send the beam back around again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Only if you could find a way to bend light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icheb Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 No. I'm curious how you got to this conclusion. Did you travel forward in time or something? Because nowhere did he say "is it possible with current technology". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 I'm curious how you got to this conclusion. Did you travel forward in time or something? Because nowhere did he say "is it possible with current technology". It's not our technology that is at fault it's the idea of a lightsaber. If you detach the theory from the name then it's simply a name and I could call my dog “lightsaber” and say that it is now possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icheb Posted January 1, 2006 Share Posted January 1, 2006 Erm, you are still saying that it's impossible, which is simply wrong. Maybe not with current technology, but what is impossible is saying that the laws of physics won't allow it, which is a more elaborate version of your "No.". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meti Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 How Stuff Works (.com) did an article not to long ago explaining (in great detail) how light sabers "work". Even an explanation of why their blades "stop", instead of going on, like a laser would. It seems, they say, that the "blade" is not a laser like so many think, but rather a type of "energy loop" - I believe, similar to an elongated arc-welder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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