Star Wars’ Coolest Gadgets — And Their Real-World Analogs

Source: Wired

Blasters, robots, holograms. There are probably a hundred different awesome technologies featured in George Lucas’ first foray into the intergalactic, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Some are totally out there and still hundreds, if not thou ...
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Finally, a Legitimate Excuse for Playing With Our Lasers! [Lasers]

Source: Gizmodo

We've made fun in past of Wicked Lasers and their vast inventory of seemingly useless laser devices. Now, at long last, it seems we've found a legitimate excuse for playing with out lasers. A team of researchers from Leib ...
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Light-Emitting Gadgets: Where Technology and Luminescence Collide

Source: Wired

Gadgets can be captivating sources of light. Today’s toddlers discover this when their parents pacify them with smartphones, but for me the epiphany came when choosing my first stereo as a 13-year-old: I found myself more int ...
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Gadget Lab Show: Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, LaserSaber and Raspberry Pi

Source: Wired

This week on the Gadget Lab Show, the gang checks out the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet, Wicked Lasers’ LaserSaber, and the Raspberry Pi microcomputer. First up, reviews editor Michael Calore and staff writer Nathan Olivarez-Giles break out the Ga ...
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