From electromagnets to electrical arcs and hidden tech, the Hacksmith team has brought Thor’s hammer to life—multiple times. In this first entry of the Vault series, we revisit the epic Mjölnir builds ...

Hacksmith Industries may have started with sci-fi experiments and YouTube stunts, but its latest project is pure business. Co-founded by James Hobson and Ian Hillier, the team has just raised more ...

There’s been an endless number of real-life “lightsabers” made as one-offs or props, but most of them don’t do the film’s civilized blade justice in terms of raw power. A new, fully retractable plasma ...