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Disney Research Hub has different priorities to other robot developers; its robots need to move effectively and efficiently – but also with a ton of style and personality. This super-cute biped, based on the BD-1 droid, is a perfect example.Continue Re… Continue reading Disney brings beauty and personality into robot movements
Somebody better break it to the Ewoks: crafty log tricks aren’t gonna cut the mustard. LimX Dynamics has released video of its P1 Biped – heavily inspired by the AT-ST walker from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, taking an absolute pounding with ease.Con… Continue reading Forest walker robot takes a brutal beating and keeps marching
Lots of people make replica lightsabers from Star Wars or tricorders from Star Trek. Not so many people have tried to recreate the binoculars from The Last Jedi, but [The Smugglers Room] whipped up …read more Continue reading Star Wars-Inspired Cosplay Prop Uses Old Vintage Camera
From ‘bae’ to ‘selfie’, and even ‘google’, there’s no shortage of words that have transcended their specific origin stories to achieve widespread use in the English language. And one of the most pervasive sources has been the Star Wars universe, even t… Continue reading Lightsaber lexicon: The monumental impact Star Wars has had on language
Records galore fell at Heritage Auctions’ Greg Jein Collection sale of science fiction memorabilia last weekend, with the auction grossing US$13.6 million to surpass Christie’s 1999 auction of The Personal Property of Marilyn Monroe to become the second-highest grossing Hollywood auction in history, behind only Profiles in History’s blockbuster Debbie Reynolds Collection Auction trilogy (2011).
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Continue reading Greg Jein Sci-fi collection – an overview of the records
Greg Jein is sci-fi royalty. He built the detailed miniature filming models that we gasped at in many of the movies and television series that shaped our view of the future, at the same time as assembling a collection of the finest movie props from an … Continue reading The sci-fi sale of the century
In the Star Wars universe, pit droids are little foldable robots that perform automated repairs on spacecraft and the like. They were introduced in 1999’s The Phantom Menace, and beyond …read more Continue reading Star Wars Pit Droid has a Jetson Brain
When it comes to children’s ride-on toys, the Star Wars Land Speeder is one of the cooler examples out there. However, with weedy 12-volt motors, they certainly don’t move quickly. …read more Continue reading Ride-on Star Wars Land Speeder Gets A Real Jet Engine
The original and sole remaining Blastech DL-44 Blaster used by Han Solo (Harrison Ford) in the first 1977 Star Wars movie (Star Wars: A New Hope) has sold for a record US$1,057,500 at Rock Island Auctions.
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Continue reading Han Solo’s DL-44 Blaster from “Star Wars” smashes auction records
The Sci-Fi Contest closed out on Monday, and we put our heads together and picked our favorites. And it was no easy task, because in addition to many of the …read more Continue reading 2022 Sci-Fi Contest: The Winners are In