OT: New ways to use light sabres and how they work

[Kamog]

Here's a fun explaination of how light sabres work. Some silly pictures of new household uses for light sabres, like trimming hedges, chopping down a tree, and so on.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/lightsaber.htm

[Atrocities]

Light sabers need to come with warning lables.

Warning: Do not operate while intoxicated
Warning: Do not look directly into the emitter and activate
Warning: Do not use light saber to cut your own hair
Warning: Use of this product might result in accidental amputation.

[atari_eric]

Oh yeah, I should be able to build one in no time, now.

[deccan]

atari_eric said:
Oh yeah, I should be able to build one in no time, now.

Yeah, but where do you get the crystals?

[Randallw]

You can toast your bread while slicing it . Anyone who has seen the HHGTTG movie knows I didn't think of this one myself.

Edit: and anyone who reads this knows I didn't read the article first . Although I would have thought you would cut danishes, not bagels.

[kerensky]

Building ones own version is simple. most of teh parts can be obtained on the intergalactic black market with the simpler things such as wires and capacitors coming from Radio Shack.