Building a Lightsaber Is Possible, They Did It Already

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Lightsabers are something everyone would love to get their hands on. They’re about as futuristic and fun as swords can get. I mean, who wouldn't want to feel like a real-life jedi?!?  Still, one thing the Star Wars universe has that we don’t, is the material that makes lightsabers possible: Kyber Crystals. Those don’t actually exist. But building a lightsaber is still possible, although hard, since, you know, we’re not jedis, or Mandalorians.   The first thing you need to make your Lightsaber dream a reality, is plasma. That's not some made-up sci-fi term. It's something that exists everywhere. In fact, it makes up over 99% of the universe! And guess what: there are people who already built a realistic lightsaber. See how they did it!  #brightside #lightsaber     Animation is created by Bright Side.     Music by Epidemic Sound  https://www.epidemicsound.com/  Subscribe to Bright Side : https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightgram/ 5-Minute Crafts Youtube: https://www.goo.gl/8JVmuC  Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me/

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00:00Okay, let's jump forward a hundred years to the year 2120.

00:04Come on, play along.

00:06You're in the stands for the finals of your beloved sport, fencing.

00:10Your two favorites are going up against each other.

00:13Lightsaber noises are the most intense sounds in the room.

00:16You can almost feel the walls vibrate.

00:18Plasma going up against plasma.

00:21The contestants are both wearing protective gear made from a material plasma can't cut through.

00:27That's the sound they make when they're cutting through air.

00:30Steel fencing swords are a thing of the past.

00:32Lightsabers are what's cool now.

00:35Just the other day, during Thanksgiving, you could see your neighbor from your window.

00:39He was using his own lightsaber to cut through his turkey.

00:42All his knives must have been dirty.

00:44He sent you a picture afterwards, and as it turns out, it ended up being a little too well done after the heat from the plasma.

00:51Well, back to this year.

00:53Lightsabers are still not real.

00:55But they are something everyone would love to get their hands on.

00:58But they're about as futuristic and fun as swords can get.

01:02Imagine a blade made of plasma that comes out and retracts whenever you want, and the only thing you have to carry around is a handle.

01:10In Star Wars, they were also called laser swords.

01:13Well, it makes sense.

01:15Remember those tiny little lasers you played around with when you were a kid?

01:18Those were fun.

01:19They were the size of your finger and could help you point at anything.

01:22They had that red light that came out from one end.

01:26Cats went nuts for them too.

01:28They still do.

01:29If you have a laser and you point it at the wall with your cat paying attention, it'll instantly run at it.

01:34If you turn it off, they'll be all confused and start looking everywhere for it.

01:39Some dogs too.

01:41In the movies, lightsabers are used both offensively and defensively.

01:45There's no need for a shield like in ancient times.

01:48They also cut through almost everything, except other lightsabers.

01:52Still, the one thing Star Wars Universe has that we don't is the material that makes lightsabers possible.

01:59Kyber crystals.

02:00Those don't actually exist.

02:02Technically, building a lightsaber is possible, although hard, since, you know, we're not Jedis or Mandalorians.

02:09The first thing you need to make your lightsaber dream a reality is plasma.

02:14And you might be wondering, what exactly is plasma?

02:17It's superheated matter, and often called the fourth state of matter.

02:21The first three states are solid, liquid, and gas.

02:24Plasma makes up over 99% of our visible universe.

02:28At night, you can see it in the form of stars, nebulas, and those lights you can see at the north and south poles.

02:34It's controllable too.

02:35With the help of magnetic forces, you can mold and shape plasma.

02:39But for it to work like it does in the movies, you'd need very large and bulky equipment.

02:44And that wouldn't exactly fit in your hand.

02:47We don't know for sure what size it would have to be.

02:50But imagine, it's the size of a car.

02:52All excited, you tell your friends you have a lightsaber.

02:55But it's in your garage.

02:57Still, very impressive.

02:59You all walk to your house, open your garage door, and there it is.

03:03Your very own bulky, large plasma equipment thing.

03:07It has a switch on the side for the plasma to come out.

03:09You press it, and a two-foot beam of blue plasma flies up to the ceiling.

03:15Your friends are in awe.

03:16It's the first time they've seen the fourth state of matter.

03:19After you turn it off, you can see the spot on the ceiling where the plasma hit.

03:23It left a mark.

03:24It's definitely not safe to store outside.

03:27What if someone tries to play with it?

03:28This equipment would also need to be as powerful as a nuclear reactor.

03:33Let's leave those at the nuclear power plants for now.

03:36There are people who already built a somewhat realistic lightsaber or proto-saber.

03:42The way they did this was by having the plasma eject out of a metal handle.

03:47They had to carry around a backpack to fuel the plasma.

03:50Otherwise, it wouldn't have worked.

03:51The key ingredient for this whole thing is laminar flow.

03:55Laminar flow is when the particles of a fluid all flow in parallel lines.

04:00The other type of flow is more wacky, scientific word,

04:04which is where the particles flow randomly and in opposite directions.

04:08If it wasn't for laminar flow,

04:10the plasma from the lightsaber would take off in any direction it felt like.

04:14The lightsaber's fuel is liquid gas,

04:16which, combined with oxygen and a spark,

04:19allows the plasma to flow in a straight line and to be controlled.

04:23So, to start with,

04:25the gas from the fuel backpack flows in a laminar flow,

04:28which is then directed into the lightsaber's handle.

04:31The fuel has to be highly concentrated.

04:34Then you need a spark.

04:36After this, the plasma will be ejected from the handle,

04:38and that's it.

04:39You've got a lightsaber.

04:41This plasma beam will burn at insanely high temperatures,

04:45which means it can cut through a lot of stuff.

04:47Or, you know, burn it.

04:49All this means is that technically,

04:53a real-life lightsaber is possible.

04:55But you'd have to lug around a massive backpack with fuel

04:58and combine it with oxygen to ignite it,

05:01which is a very dangerous thing to do.

05:04But unlike in the movies,

05:05it's not sturdy like a sword would be.

05:07It's a flow of plasma.

05:09And when you try to cut things with it,

05:11the plasma flow won't stay exactly the same.

05:14Another option for a real-life lightsaber is a proto-saber.

05:19Proto-sabers need fuel to operate and are very dangerous, too.

05:23Simply put, they're really hot blades that burn so bright

05:27that have almost the same appearance as a lightsaber.

05:30Now, if you still want a lightsaber but don't want to take the risks that come with it,

05:35awesome LED lightsabers exist.

05:37They're fairly simple.

05:39Usually, they're just a tube that contains an LED.

05:42And when you press the button that turns it on,

05:44it shines bright like a real lightsaber.

05:46Some of them will make the zoom noise, too.

05:49They're a thousand times safer,

05:50and you can even buy them as gifts.

05:53There's also the option of a laser lightsaber.

05:56It's just a handle, like a normal laser,

05:58but a lot more powerful than the ones you used to play with.

06:01These ones come with warnings because of how powerful they are.

06:05You might even have to wear glasses to protect your eyes.

06:08They can even be powerful enough to cut through stuff.

06:11Okay, but what if you just want to play with plasma but not a lightsaber?

06:16You still can.

06:17There are plasma globes you can buy and play around with.

06:21A plasma globe is a glass sphere that contains a lot of odorless,

06:24colorless, single-atom gases that won't explode or anything.

06:28They have an electric conductor in the middle,

06:30and when you feed some voltage through it,

06:33you get plasma inside the globe.

06:35Because your body conducts electricity,

06:37when you place your hand on one of these globes,

06:40energy flows into it.

06:42It's pretty cool because you can see plasma in action

06:44with the help of a small container.

06:46Bam! Technology!

06:48When real lightsabers come around,

06:51we're probably going to be at a place in time

06:53where spaceships might actually exist.

06:55I mean, real spaceships.

06:57Okay, picture this.

06:58You wake up one morning feeling like you want to take a trip,

07:02but not to anywhere on Earth.

07:03You've already seen too much of it.

07:05So, you pick up your lightsaber handle

07:07and put it safely in your pocket.

07:10Then, you take a look at your wristband,

07:12tap it twice,

07:13and your holographic phone pops out.

07:16Book me a seat two weeks from now

07:17on the next Earth-to-Mars flight, please.

07:20And you go about your daily life.

07:22You walk out the door and get on your wheel-less motorbike.

07:25It has jet propellers where the wheel should be,

07:28and they swirl around so you're able to control

07:30the direction you're going.

07:32After taking the high-up-in-the-sky invisible road

07:35made just for flying vehicles,

07:37you arrive at your office.

07:38You sit on your comfortable chair,

07:41ready to get some work done.

07:43Today, you're in the mood for something different,

07:45and you decide you want to work in Paris.

07:48No worries.

07:49You turn on the holographic scenery,

07:51and there you are.

07:52Two weeks later,

07:53you embark on the spaceship you bought a ticket for

07:56earlier that month,

07:57ready for a new adventure.

07:59What a life.

08:00Hey, doesn't that guy over there

08:02look like Arnold Schwarzenegger?

08:08That's it for today.

08:10So hey,

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