We’re One Step Closer to Having Lightsabers
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?Wicked Lasers has made the world’s deadliest laser. This is noteworthy for several reasons.
1) They put the laser in a lightsaber hilt.
2) The beam is blue, like Luke’s first lightsaber.
3) The laser blinds people “permanently and instantly.”
4) It also sets people’s flesh on fire when it hits them.
5) It’s — and this is the best part — available to purchase by anyone for only $200.
So we’re still having trouble with the “blade” aspect of the lightsaber, but setting people’s flesh on fire via laser is a significant step forward. I mean, a laser that just slices through flesh can’t be that far behind, right? Hopefully Wicked Lasers will get on this quickly, because I fully expect these things to be declared illegal as soon as some nerd accidentally sets his little brother’s face on fire with one. (Via Great White Snark)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.