El Sitherino Posted December 18, 2005 Posted December 18, 2005 Fair enough. But I can't imagine a whole lot of dedicated research and development on the lightsaber Indeed, unless some eccentric Star Wars fan funds it. XD Not a highly practical weapon technology,.. unless, like I said, you DO just happen to have Jedi reflexes. Indeed, which is why I think if we had something even remotely close to a lightsaber, it won't be so much a weapon as it would be a nifty little tool.
Darca Lar Posted December 18, 2005 Posted December 18, 2005 Im not saying it cant be done, but in the next 20 to 100 years, i extremely doubt that a lightsaber at least how we picture it will not be even close to being made. Maybe in like 2 more centuries or so, maybe...just maybe a lightsaber shall appear as if from nowhere and we wont be around to enjoy it in all its glory.
Darth_Death Posted January 8, 2006 Posted January 8, 2006 i have herd of some nut cases who really have tried to make lightsabers and they all hurt themselves in the process getting of the subject but i dont no about u but my singniture is not popping up with my reply
Nedak Posted January 9, 2006 Author Posted January 9, 2006 Maybe in the future they will have somthing that deflects bullets like a lightsaber shield but the shield can not hurt you in any way.
MachineCult Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 Maybe in the future they will have somthing that deflects bullets like a lightsaber shield but the shield can not hurt you in any way. No, the bullet would just crumple and fall to the ground, like bulletproof glass, theres no way a bullet could be deflected like a blaster shot from a Lightsaber.
CommanderKane Posted January 11, 2006 Posted January 11, 2006 I read in Popular Science magazine a few years ago that some Massachusetts Institute of Technology students got together and made somewhat of a workable prototype just for the fun of it. Still, the technology is not that far off.
Fangman Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 I decided to do some looking around to see if Lightsabres were possible, came up with this diagram. http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/0505/figA-C.large.gif This would show how to create a "laser" which traveled in a straight line, and ended at one point. Only problem is, it talks about the Blade core being an element call Metachlorium. Such an element doesn't exist. I tried to look it up, and failed. However, it's Atomic number is for a theoretical element called Untrioctium , which is belived to be the "final element". I don't know anything about "plasmons", although i'll try to find something on it. Such an element could have some interesting properties, and would definatly generate a lot of energy of any light put through it. The Untrioctium laser would be bound to give off a lot of heat, and energy to "push back" anything it comes in contact with, or more likly, incinerate. Such a "blade" could be wrapped in a force field with a Positive charge. If strong enough, this could deflect most bullets (the charge on an air-born bullet is Positive due to friction). If 2 of these blades were to come in contact, provided the charge was strong enough, they would repel. We can easily Create a Negative field (EM field) and a positive field is a bit more difficult, but possible. I don't think it's impossible to develop a Lightsabre like that in the movies. Just imagine what it would be like trying to tell Ancient greeks that you could split the atom, which they "knew" (note the "") was the smallest partical in the universe, they would never belive you. Yet it is common knowledge that you can. So who knows what we will be able to do in the next 100 years. I haven't done much physics or chemistry in the last year, so feel free to correct any errors i have made. I'm not saying this is the way, just giving you something to think about. I will do some more reading on this, and correct any errors i think i may have made. Of course, you could try to do what this Couple did...
Darth_Terros Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 Something about it doesnt sit right with me looks like a hoax.
Alkonium Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 Well, that would work better that how I was planning on building a lightsaber(replacing the bulb of a flashlight with an amethyst crystal).
Fangman Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 Something about it doesnt sit right with me looks like a hoax. That thought has just occured to me, just gonna check out the main site for that diagram.
Darth_Terros Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 Well, that would work better that how I was planning on building a lightsaber(replacing the bulb of a flashlight with an amethyst crystal). I dunno thats a pretty sound idea! PM me the results!
Alkonium Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 I dunno thats a pretty sound idea! PM me the results! Ok, I'll post them once I get a flashlight to test it with.
Nedak Posted January 18, 2006 Author Posted January 18, 2006 Ok, I'll post them once I get a flashlight to test it with. Don't forget the batteries!
mrGoodsoup Posted January 18, 2006 Posted January 18, 2006 I've always wanted to ask a reputable sci-fi nerd-gathering one question about light-sabers... Would not a modern (led-based) shotgun blast totaly own a lightsaber wearing fruitcake? (not Chuck Norris and/or Vader)
Darth_Terros Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 I've always wanted to ask a reputable sci-fi nerd-gathering one question about light-sabers... Would not a modern (led-based) shotgun blast totaly own a lightsaber wearing fruitcake? (not Chuck Norris and/or Vader) a jedi fruit cake or a normal fruitcake with a lightsaber? if jedi they'd probably just use the force to slow the shot down if it was a normal person well even a normal person couldnt block a blaster bolt with a lightsaber
MachineCult Posted January 20, 2006 Posted January 20, 2006 A lightsaber would probably disentigrate a buckshot round.
9981022 Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 they probably have them now governments wouldent tell us
Alkonium Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 they probably have them now governments wouldent tell us Possibly, there are a lot of things the government doesn't tell us, like their plans for real life Star Destroyers, and Area 51. Oh yes, and I will post photos of my working lightsaber once I build it(have the amethyst crystal, need a flashlight).
MachineCult Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 they probably have them now governments wouldent tell us I doubt it very much. Possibly, there are a lot of things the government doesn't tell us, like their plans for real life Star Destroyers, and Area 51. Oh yes, and I will post photos of my working lightsaber once I build it(have the amethyst crystal, need a flashlight). lol, you can see perfectly clear images of Area 51 on Google Earth. That brings up an argument against real life lightsabers, what coloured crystal can withstand the energy of a lightsaber blade?
Alkonium Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Well, I'm going to use an amethyst crystal, and those are purple.
MachineCult Posted January 30, 2006 Posted January 30, 2006 Yes and i'm sure if the energy produced by a lightsabers blade is enough to burn through a blast door thicker than the blades length, then an amethyst crystal doesn't stand much chance against the sabers unfocused energy does it?
Alkonium Posted January 31, 2006 Posted January 31, 2006 Keep in mind my method of shoving it on a flashlight in place of the bulb, or touching its filament.
Hallucination Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 ^It would give him a purple flashlight. Which, as cool as it would be to have have, just isn't a lightsaber.
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