Lightsaber from Star Wars – is it possible to create
Lightsaber ??
Every fan of Star Wars knows Jedi
use an “elegant” weapon called Lightsaber. It’s a light sword which can cut
most things. To use Lightsaber, a person need to pass special training and find
special crystal to power his/her Lightsaber. Only few people from the Galaxy
can use that weapon because only a person with force can pass this training.
Now let’s think “is it possible to create Lightsaber ??”.
Blade
First of all let’s think how to
create a blade. We need to find some material which can cut most things and adjust
its size to Lightsaber. Laser is good
but it has one disadvantage. We can’t adjust
it because the laser can only stop on a thing which it can’t cut. For example,
if you use that weapon in a flat, you may create a hole in the floor. So that
kind of material is unacceptable. The second material which we can use is
plasma. Plasma is better than laser
because it’s very hot, we can cut with it most of things and with this
material we can create a blade for our Lightsaber . But there is another
problem. Plasma can’t stop another plasma. We can solve that problem creating a
core of our Lightsaber from an alloy of metal and plasma. Of course we can also
create an armor which can stop every single Lightsaber but “whatever”. We are
not wondering how to stop that sword but how to create it.
Energy
Now let’s think about energy which
is the biggest problem now in existing battery can be used only for a
few seconds. After that time we must switch the battery or plug the sword into some
source of energy. Now scientist are working to create a battery which may hold
much more power and which may load in much less time. So now it’s impossible to
create usable Lightsaber. Maybe in the next few years we will create that
“Legendary” sword from Star Wars.
Source:
http://www.space.com/31361-building-a-real-lightsaber.html
Comments
If some fans want to implement this idea I think that the easiest way is using a one-side frame that will stop laser beam at some point, add some smoke generators to make the beam visible and here you go:) But in my opinion it's not an effective weapon, as others have mentioned it's just "cool".
But maybe some day, some rich fan will pay, so he can have his own lightsaber or something similar?