The dream of a real lightsaber has always sounded like a physics joke, not an engineering brief. Yet a retractable plasma blade that can slice through steel has forced a small Canadian workshop to ...

The Hacksmith created a system for tracking eye motion to target shoulder mounted lasers. This is the equivalent functionality as superman’s heat vision. AdHawk and Wicked Lasers made the lasers. This ...

The engineers behind the YouTube channel “The Hacksmith” have crafted a real-world “Star Wars”-style lightsaber that burns hot enough to cut through steel. Team lead James Hobson says it’s the ...

Over the last few years, we’ve shown you several of the jaw-dropping creations of engineer and YouTuber the Hacksmith. He’s made a career of bringing the kind of impossible science we’ve seen in ...