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LEGENDARY LIGHTSABER
A Russian YouTuber has invented the world’s first retractable lightsaber. The Star Wars inspired invention, created by Alex Burkan, produces a plasma blade measuring over 90 centimetres long and burns at 5,072 degrees. Allegedly hot enough to cut through steel, the lightsaber’s key component is an electrolyzer, described by Burkan as a “device that can generate a huge amount of hydrogen and oxygen and compress the gas to any pressure without a mechanical compressor.” There were apparently hundreds of experiments to perfect the size and shape of the functional lightsaber which works for 30 seconds when at maximum power. James Hobson, from Hacksmith Industries, previously created a similar Jedi weapon, but, it requires an external power source attached to a backpack. Burkan’s lightsaber is entirely self-contained with the inventor admitting, “The Hacksmith version is
