At a recent virtual press conference, Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro apparently whipped out a retractable lightsaber. According to people who were actually there, this drama queen ended a ...

that’s correct — the magic here really does boil down to a pair of fancy motorized tape measures. The patent even mentions “a metal carpenter’s tape measure” as inspiration. According to ...

then indicates how long they stay with motorized tape measures that extend upward for as long as the person is present. Once the tape measure hits about 10 feet high, it falls over (you know the ...

The broad strokes are that the new blade works almost like a modified, motorized tape measure, retracting and extending a sheet of plastic and LED lights to mimic the ignition effect. The new ...

The most simple way to explain the patent is that the inside of the hilt houses a motorized tape measure of sorts that is wrapped around lighting. After Disney’s “real” lightsaber reveal ...

His first rendition took a similar tack to Disney’s Star Wars laser blade, with the first prototype using a motorized tape measure attached to an LED strip. That early lightsaber was “just a ...

The EEWOC's EEMMMa limb has a maximum reach of 1.2 m (3.9 ft) This device incorporates a motorized spool of metal measuring tape located inside the robot's body. The tape itself extends straight ...

Two motorized reels – one at either end of that ribbon – roll it in and spool it out as needed. A New Robotic Gripper Based on Measuring Tape is Sizing Up Fruit and Veggie Picking By varying ...

If you want to try to figure out what’s going on for yourself, all you need is a pair of tape measures and a software defined radio (SDR), as [Tom Farnell] demonstrates. Tape measure antennas ...