Making a Real Lightsaber Using Rydberg Atoms and Photonic Molecules
In this video I show you an awesome laser light saber and then I talk about light sabers and the possibility of using photonic molecules to build a real light saber. This thing is awesome! If the force is with us (and some quantum mechanics) we will some day have a true lightsaber...
These are very dangerous lasers. NOT A TOY. Will cause instant blindness:
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The Action Lab where did you get that laser?
0:56 : Darth Vader:sweats nervously
ahaha this was so funny i forgot to laugh
@The diamond emerald windu*
@@Sebiu why did you come here, then?
No
*anyone in KFC
"This lightsaber is super effective against black." *sweats in Mace Windu*
effective*
@EnochPlays Pretty sure the comment is a joke.
ok boomer I wanna punch you so damn hard for not getting a joke
@@jongyuemei Sorry, it was the German auto correction (effective = effektiv)
@@razorcrest3138 Ok, my fellow Jojo-Fan, Mace Windu is black. And now look at the quote.
"It can actually cut through things, especially if its black cause it absorbs more light" Black people: *sweats nervously*
Mace windu
But black people are brown... Like brownies
@@nwah15 Lando
@@far0145 true
It’s “ *sweat* ” actually. Grammar matters.
Him: this laser burns thru things *puts hand in the laser*
I read this just as he did it
There was a tube thinf
Hi
It's just 1 watt so it would take longer to burn your skin. No 1 watt is not weak I just realized it sounded like that, it's just not strong enough to immediately burn your hand. It depends on the color too.
When does he put his hand in the beam? I don't see that happening anywhere.
"It can actually cut through things, especially if they're black" *holds laser in hand, wearing black body suit*
Making TRUE ligthsaber: Order laser Putt plastic tube on it Complete
Is that all it is a plastic tube?
ye
Caleb Giles nah it’s prob just a idk
hacksmith : how cute
"These lasers can cut through things" *Proceeds to put hand in the beam* Nice.
When does he put his hand in the beam? I don't see that happening anywhere.
@@Fircasice 3:55
I actually did my master's thesis on this exact thing, where I worked on how to simulate physical systems using Rydberg Atoms, including how to make those novel Rydberg structures
0:56 "It can even cut through things, especially if they're black." Yeah.. I'll pass- *Doesn't buy the laser*
Lmao
Ya know black people are brown right?
AnimeBro Yeah everyone knows that. What are u blind?
Oh wait.......
Nobody is of colour, we are toned from the Son, PEACE.
Action Lab: We're not quite to the technology of lightsabers Obiwan Kenobi: *So Uncivilized*
Wrong hacksmith created one
@@D.O.M.O. not really
Underrated comment 😂😂😂
@@footinmouth8936 well he did create the ancient one, the protosaber
Bully: Ha, you like Star Wars?! You’re such a nerd! Nerd: **pulls out IRL lightsaber** So I’ve heard about your parents and I just wanna say, may divorce be with you.
De force
“May divorce be with u” lol flex tape can’t fix that
That's a lot of damage!
Lmao how did you come up with that
@@weeblordgaming6062 That's a lot of damage
him: maybe..... james(hacksmith): I will end this whole man's career
The hack smith is so great and he masa a retractable lightsaber
Him: never shine in ur eyes Also him: shine it in the camera
im blind now
Legend Gamer yeah that’s not really how laser light works. Your phone isn’t going to blind you because it won’t produce pixels as bright.
@@christianmccauley7340 r/woooosh
I can’t read this comment. What is it saying?
@@christianmccauley7340 r/whooosh
The plastic add-on needs to be longer.
The hacksmith 2 years later : did someone say LIGHTSABER?
The next 2 years true LightSaber comes out not just this like a Actual one
Well, in a Type III civilization like the Galactic Empire, one could assume they can control gravity rather handily considering they have light speed capability. If one could create a very small rotating gravitational field that is as powerful as the even horizon of a black hole, and contained in a small area that is projected artificially from the light saber handle, then a high powered laser emission would have a limited range and emission of its photons also contained within that field. Considering we are barely approaching a Type I civilization and already tinkering with the idea of a light saber, then it's not a stretch for a Type III Galactic civilization.
That would immediately consume the hilt and the user
@@theorphanobliterator.. By our current technological understanding, yes it would. However, we have no idea what other properties or ability to control gravity. Perhaps that far ahead in understanding gravitational physics, we'll be able to control the effect of the field in a small enough area to prevent that. We have no idea what physical properyies we have yet to be discovered.
@@theorphanobliterator only if it has the equivalent mass of a black hole that size.
I see a fellow reader of Physics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku.
What if lightsabers are just really heating the air around it? This would explain the easy cutting trough everything. Its just generating so much heat the air will glow (Like the blue part of fire) and they manage to keep the heat inside a certain area
That would make lightsabers look like its waving around, heat wraps light around it and distorts vision
The blades couldn’t collide if that were the case
Plasma Cutter
I liked this video without actually touching the screen, I used the force!
Jax Nean Your Touch Screen indentifies the user electric signals it's not about pressure put on screen. So the Force wouldn't work
I too liked it without touching the screen. I used my mouse instead.
Kuraya Sinsho don't tell them what their touch screen identifies as.. it is whatever it feels like being
So you used the force of your finger on your touchpad
Solomonster no I forced someone else to press like!
2:50 there is something in his neck
That’s an Adams apple 🤦♂️
Sawcon Deez nuts that’s too big for an Adam apple
Sawcon Deez nuts I was trying to make a joke
Oh god
you'll get one when you turn 14
Actionlab: you can see it through the air Styropyro: hold my laser bazooka
Gregory Novikov that thing was awesome
Styropyro's 100W laser pistol: hello there
Observations: "First...it makes this look freaking awesome." I wonder how many physicists have that in their notes.
Hey let's make a lightsaber!!!! Puts a tube on a laser LIGHTSABER!!!!
Fake The lightsaber was a paid actor.
When I tried to fit in with the meme.
“This burns anything it comes into contact with” *keeps it on wall for extended period of time”
May the force be with you
_ManasH_ Bruh what
Panda u dumb if u know what a light saber is but not the movie saying
lol only true fans with understand
_ManasH_ how ami dumb if U hate on others just to say something fr why did have to comment on my just to hate I know what it is like who cares i just wanted to say it
I meant if u hate
you're really good at explaining things. I've watched a lot of quantum mechanics videos and they don't do it so simply like you do.
"It can actually cut through things, especially if its black" Mace Windu: **sweating**
Action lab: I made a LAseR LiGhtSaBeR.. Hacksmith industries: Hold my Jedi juice..
this will make a fine addition to my collection
Here's an idea for containing the laser light so it doesn't go on forever. Nitinol. Our science isn't there yet but if there is memory transfer temperature through alloy/crystal possibility. Substance stored in the saber handle. Heat source (reactor in handle) agitates it and extends to specific length. Thus lightsaber.
Physicists in France have discovered that a simple solution composed of two organic compounds becomes a solid when it is heated to temperatures between 45 and 75°C, and becomes a liquid when cooled again. Another hint of possibility through research in molecular dynamics. Lightsaber here we come!
I love the way you break things down so people can understand what your saying
Black absorbs light...... youre wearing a black shirt
Absorbs heat
@@du7chg4m3r7 No it absorbs light. It just turns it into heat.
He may look fly, but he wanna die
Lol
@@du7chg4m3r7 it absorbs light which then turns into heat
I don't know why,but whenever i watch your videos i always feel like i wanna do a handstand while drinking soda (that's how excited i am for whatever reason lol).
Hacksmith made a real one so this is a bit sad now
Nothing sad about this vid. What saddening is that there are those who aren't willing to appreciate progress. From this vid to Alex's to Hacksmith's, the basic is the same: heat. Hacksmith did the best for being able to utilize laminar flow to stabilize the plasma. As impressive as that it, it's more like a sophisticated plasma cutter than blade. Go learn about properties of particles, wave, and energy, you'll be more aware of the meaning of "real".
@@pusingfismat7099 lol take a joke
Imagine Star Wars with this
its treason then. *grabs laser pointer and puts mirror on it* *spin*
Lightsabers are not light they are plasma or some thing similar and they are controlled in shape by an magnetic field hence why they bounce off each other and cut through every thing else
trevor jaster yes they are very similar to the halo energy sword
Beat Shoe Mike they aren't plasma they're made up of kyber crystals
muchar kaka the blade itself is plasma created through the crystals
Lightsaber blades are made of light emitted from kyber crystals, not plasma.
Heres a spoiler, lightsabers arent lasers.... yeah i know
They were originally called laserswords...
Cocokitten lol no
I must have been thinking of my friends thing, although I was pretty sure.
interesting ^
Aaron Doughty Yup
what keeps a lightsaber at its constant length is a 'black hole generator'. since black holes do affect light, it is possible to harness or generate one and shoot out the beam of light and have it reverse onto itself.
I started watching Mandalorian. Then all star wars related video got recommended. Then this video of your channel that i never watched.
That thumbnail is 👌
Pro Player 1⃣ remember when he was hydraulic press action
Chris Bates Of course I do
Pro Player 1⃣ What’s up
The Wierd Fairy Gud
Don't look down. 👌MUKA!
I always felt like you would be the person to make a lightsaber...
Thanks so much for hearting my comment man. Means a lot.🤙🏼 ❤️
lt may happen
Hacksmith got there first, I'd say.
I feel like Elon Musk would make one if he got the resources
And he will be the first real Jedi
Wow that would be a great optical delay line as a sequential fifo memory. Cool.
Your video is amazing! Thanks to sharing it! Can you please explain me why do we need to cool down close to the absolute zero to get a Rydberg atom???
The real last jedi...
WayToZack last jedi? more like first.
yung jose the last and first
This should have been uploaded on May the fourth...
Toxicbean78 Gaming may the 4 be with you get it
Be with you
You should play minecraft☺☺☺
Toxicbean78 Gaming be with u boi
I get it
Thats so cool! You could make a real life hard light hologram like in red dwarf!
Recently, the Hacksmith made a real lightsaber possible
****EXPERIMENT SUGGESTION**** A Boeing engineer once told me that HYDROGEN PEROXIDE is used as an oxygen source for rocket fuel. So I asked, what would happen if you saturated some wood with hydrogen peroxide and then threw the wood into an open campfire. He wasn't sure, but thought it would burn extremely hot or even explode. I've never tried it, but I've always wondered what would happen.
Robert Bontrager I think the engineer is right
I know this is 4 years old, but the H2O2 will react with a lot of the molecules in wood
@@mikeoxmall69420 Thank you! I would love for Action Lab to do a video on this.
Could that laser focused on copper make water boil? How fast would it take if possible?
Considering how it's pretty small, and how it didn't cut through the foam all the way through in one go, maybe not very fast?
Copper is pretty reflective
F.B. Jeffers0n no it would never make water boil unless it was a very small amount remember it is still only like 7w of energy it is just realy confined so it gets hot but it isn't enough energy
Bass 'n'Bluegill even of you coated it in a mat black nickel finish it would only be partial transfer
Depends on the amount of water being heated
I like when he said "so cool jeje" idk why but when he said that makes me feel happy
styropyro with a 101 watt laser: are you challenging me?
I can't wait for my photonic couch
XD
Same
What is that?
EVERY Action lab video must start with "Okay so today I'm gonna..." Violators will be prosecuted :D
Okay, so today I'm gonna say Hey, Vsauce, Michael here.
Gábor Králik and this...is...DONG!
'Ok so today I'm gonna turn myself into a goanna'
I feel like it would use oscillating gravity and loop the photons. This could account for the flickering effect the light sabers have.
1950:We'll have flying cars by 2018 2018:friggin light sabers
So what this does is make this looks freaking awesome
Sasuke Uchiha Fire style:awesome laser
Naruto!
"Burns anything it comes in contact with." Except the wall. :P
LysolPionex It will. It just needs to be held in place for a few seconds
LysolPionex you must be fun at parties
Here's a thought. If light sabers vaporize the explosion would be devastating. There are force fields/deflectors in scifi that survive impacts at relativistic speeds, including ship weapons. I propose that a light saber is a force weapon. A one atom thick indestructable force blade would probably account better for the weapon's abilities barring the blaster deflections, an obvious Force usage.
just need mirrors, put one at the tip, one at the guard, reflect the light in an infinity loop, condense miles of light into a meter long area. Release the light to have it travel in one direction, there is the basics of blaster technology, condense the light until it is strong enough to do something then release it.
Wow I loved to watch your videos making me smarter after watching every video
I love your teaching skills and the way you explain. Big fan of you action lab you do a lot of action and I love it!
0:57 The whole sith academy : *overflowing anxiety*
Your training is complete you are one with the force
As soon as I found your channel, I binge watched every single video. Keep up the amazing work!
FalcoFury hey you look like Elon musk
I'm glad I stumbered upon this video ;)
James M stumbled*
Sam o neil. The guy in the video says stumbered. He's making a joke
The crystalline structure needed to tame them photons will most definitely include some combination of unobtainium, vibranium, adamantium, beskar and mythril. I don't see the way around it.
the action lab: this is the strongest laser in the world styropyro: hold my 200 watt lazer bazooka
1400mw???? That’s weeeeaaaakk go check out styropyro for some real lasers. He built a 200w laser gun that he strapped laser goggles into welding goggles to protect his eyes for that thing.
CrimsonSun yess I took inspiration from him back in like late 2012 and made one that outputs almost 4W
1 mw is 10000w
Lorcan Salvaterre no milliwatt not Megawatt 1400mw is 1.4watts while 1400 Mw is 1.4e+9 or 14,000,000,000 watts
dingdingding
@@tylerdonia9151 I agree
Soooo how effective would this be in a survival situation?
French Bread but if you use it as a signal you might blow up a plane
Itz Max Lol true, just use dry twigs over the fire you have just made to make a signal... not the laser. Good point
Charged_Creeper maybe you could stick it up the attsckers ass
Okay . I saw this talked about on some Roblox chat & VR chat forums . The kids were so excited about getting this device .
You know whats more amazing? your adams apple dude! 2:44
jamie will you teabag me yes i will
jamie will you teabag me.
_If you posted this one month from now I'd have loved you even more_
Darius Sajid he gonna build a real one for May the fourth
Darius Sajid lol
Your birthday? Lol
Denver Dan forth* just so you know for future reference
4th of May May the fourth "May the 'fourth' be with you"
The lightsaber is not made possible by the Force. There has been non-force sensitive characters to use a lightsaber before. It is energy that is concentrated by a kyber crystal. It's pretty much impossible to make a lightsaber that behaves exactly like in the movies in real life.
Ok smartass
U don't know that
Eric Scott unless kyber crystals exist 😂
+C W. Ignore all the triggered 8 year olds. I probably didn't have to tell you that though.
@C W It is totally imposible to be able to make one that can be wielded to begin with. The amount of heat a reallife lightsaber would emit would incinerate you. "2 dimensional brains of logic and emotion"? Ffs leave the metaphysical bs out of science. And don't fucking patronize people too, it's pathetic.
Video on programmable matter & claytonic atoms (catoms) please
This was really interesting!
Can people please just stop calling these lasers, lightsabers?
NikolasBruno ok wheres the saber.
Lasers are better than light sabers cause they have distance
@@bigmike9486 but they don't do that much damage
@@blkstrai maybe not but they can blind an attacker leaving him open to counter attack. Why have a lightsaber when you can have a kukri and a 5w laser?
@@bigmike9486 because a lightsaber would cut through solid.... anything.
WOW way cool and eventho l didn't understand much of that l still loved it! Good job son :)
Momma O in
Momma O "good job son"
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BSJ12 she is really his mom, no kidding bro
*OK SO HERE IS HOW LIGHTSABERS ACTUALLY WORK:* Laser energy isn't electromagnetic radiation, or light. Basically how it is explained (not sure if it is in canon, but I think it might be, so in Rebels or The Clone Wars, which means it could potentially be retconned) is that the laser energy is concentrated by a kyber crystal, a rare organic crystal that resonates with the Force. The laser energy can be held in place by kyber cells. But there is no explanation as to how laser energy is created, and we do not know whether it is a plasma of some sort, or just a new invented laser energy thingy. Kyber crystals are naturally colorless, but they get a color depending on the user's attributes in the Force; blue if passive but ready to fight, green if wise, yellow if defensive, or purple if aggressive. Red is achieved by hurting the crystal and making it 'bleed,' and white by 'healing' the kyber. If a crystal is cracked, it will make the laser energy channeling through it in a lightsaber unstable (like Kylo Ren's lightsaber), and will therefore need an extra exhaust port (the crossguard). However, I don't think this is how it should work AT ALL. This explanation for kyber crystal colors makes no sense at all; we see that the crystal dictates the color of the laser in a lightsaber, but then what determines the color of other laser fire like blaster shots? Clearly they'd need a kyber crystal to channel the laser fire, but then why do all the *non Sith* protagonists have red lasers? They didn't make the crystals bleed, that's for sure. This is how is SHOULD work: the kyber crystals would naturally have a color, either white, yellow, green, blue, purple, or red (or black, there's the Darksaber, but that's special). Laser energy should be (not necessarily, but it would be the most efficient way) CREATED by kyber crystals, as they would be a simple combustion of them, and be an ionic plasma (I think quark-gluon plasma is a bit too far but who knows). Kybers would be sort of the Star Wars version of radioactive element such as uranium or plutonium, providing INSANE amounts of energy for very little amounts of matter, but kybers are on another level. We already saw a Star Wars element used solely for its incredible energy output in Solo: A Star Wars Story, coaxium. Kybers would just have the perfect conditions set to transform into laser energy with simple combustion, which would be the easiest way to obtain and instantly fire that plasma. I like the idea that kyber crystals are organic and almost living, and resonate with the Force, so they should keep that. Then obviously, a magnetic field created by super powerful magnets inside the hilt of the lightsabers would be keeping the blades in place (I'm not quite sure whether that means if two sabers were to clash, the hilt would always stay bound to the blade, can someone please tell me?), perhaps with a second, weaker oppositely charged field on the outside to cancel the magnetic effects of the first one. But unstable sabers should work the same. *So basically perhaps lightsabers would be possible to recreate in real life using plasma and magnetic fields. If you like what I've said, please upvote this comment, perhaps The Action Lab can make a video on it. And tell me what you think, thank you.*
00:48 "You can light matches with it" Spongebob narrator: "2 hours later"
I was so scared that I wore glasses while watching the video.
Hi there, cool video. I said this in the last video but I’m not sure if anyone saw: what happens if you put tannerite in an electric blender?
Darkseid UP thanks to youtubes new policies, you're never going to find out.
Sukh Madiq lol
Similar to tannerite anywhere else you put it...it does nothing till you shoot,then boom. So....a blender explodes in this idea.
Sukh Madiq new policies?
Sukh Madiq what new policies pls tell me
This is a start of something amazing
Whats the name of the backgroudn song man?! Sounds awsome!🤙🔥
Your were on tv on the sci channel
What program?
Joshua Singer Yeah I saw that too
What program damnit?!
Epic Bass Booster That sounds about right.
The Action Lab funny how you're finding out through KZhead comments, rather than being notified, right? Ah well at least it helps grow your channel
May the Force be with u, always be with u.
Prof. Snape
You could make a semi-lightsaber if you used a plasma arc. (I haven’t done much research but I’m pretty sure it’s possible)
Try pressurized smoke It can thick enough to be lit by the laser for a short distance then dissipates Making the laser shining in the blowing smoke
Take a shot every time he says basically, and you'll get drunk in 2 mins 😂😂
Albert Spice kaaazoooooooo
I looked in the comments just to see if I wasn't the only one who noticed
Laser vs Black 2.0 ?
Coming soon...
The Action Lab cook an egg with it.
MassiR77 Not possible.
U mean vantablack
*Action Lab:* says basically when talking about quantum mechanics
this is a good start... we need it to be much stronger and somehow trap it in a magnetic field so it becomes solid
hey can we buy that lazer in stores
Lightning and the saber
Another way may be to use a magnetic field that can bend laser light 90 degrees and improve upon this premise and keep folding the laser light until you achieve a mass of compressed laser light that can cut.
A lightsaber is a beam of plasma energy contained within a magnetic field
Dude you are awesome!!!!! Hey any chance you could make liquid hydrogen and burn it??????
There is actually a telescoping mirror within the lightsabers in Star Wars, it is held extended by radiation pressure from the intense laser beam. When you see the beam come out of the lightsaber, it's actually just the mirror telescoping out ... the more you know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Brant Wedel the "light"sabers in star wars are actually confirmed to be plasma. Which makes way more sense than being lasers.
"If you point it directly at your eye you would be immediately blinded" Thanks for the fun fact I'll never be able to hold a laser ever again
You shouldn't mess with lasers regardless.
its very bright its very cool and sweet BUT. How it doesn't burn the glass that you put on if that lazer can burn everything?