…use the Force

With everything that’s still going on, although I should say not going on, around the government shutdown there’s plenty to bemoan. I could write about the fact that our lawmakers are acting like petulant children, or comment on the fact that yesterday was the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite, but no one could visit, or wax on about the fact that we didn’t elect these people to act like petulant children when they don’t get their way…

But somebody invented a legitimately functioning light-saber, so government shutdown cool your heels, something tells me you’ll still be there tomorrow.

A team of physicists at M.I.T. and Harvard happened upon the discovery by accident when working Ina completely unrelated project. That’s their story and their sticking to it.

Next week they’ll be moving on to “accidentally’ inventing Star Trek’s transporter. I can hear Scotty now, “Whoops!”

In all honesty, it’s not quite a fully functioning lightsaber yet, but the important thing here is we are one giant step closer, and they are going to look amazing in the upcoming sequels. If you don’t think Disney is all over this then you don’t know Disney.

Of course this is all very exciting, but let’s remember that at the end of this journey is a fairly lethal weapon.

Also, science, have you met any Star Wars fans? These may not be the hands with which to entrust fully functioning lightsabers. Although it took skill and training for Darth Vader to remove Luke’s hand, it (along with any other imaginable appendage) could also have easily been removed with extreme lack of coordination.

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TIME: Scientists Finally Invent Real, Working Lightsabers

…bi-daily smile…