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Geeks, Your Dream Has Become Reality – You CAN Own a Light Saber

bladehilt1Ok, it will not slice the arms and legs of Anakin Skywalker, but it looks just as cool. Oregon designer, Phillip Isherwood, has been building these things for years… and this isn’t just some kid that goes to renaissance fairs that makes crude weapons in his parent’s basement – he really makes them… as in he has a 5,000 sq. ft. facility with 20 employees that work on these things all the time. Yes, geeks. You can rest assured, you are not alone in your desire to own a realistic light saber. There is enough of a steady need for these that twenty adults get paid well to work on these full time, year round. Seriously.

Isherwood just upped the ante by making adaptive saber kit parts so you can construct your own saber, just like any young Jedi should do. You don’t think Obi Wan Kenobi just went to Walmart, do you? Isherwood started a Kickstarter campaign to fund the mass production of these kit parts so you can have different saber to take with you to every sci-fi convention you attend. With more than 2 weeks to go on the campaign, it’s already earned more than double its goal.

You can follow Isherwood’s company, Saber Forge, on Facebook, Twitter, Etsy, YouTube and their website.

A Durable, Tangle-free Wood & Leather Lightning Cable? Yes.

Reversible USB, people. Reversible! Oh - and wood + leather cool.

Reversible USB, people. Reversible! Oh – and wood + leather cool.

German designer, Karol Baginski, has come up with a design and materials that solves the problem all geeks with iPhones have – those crappy (but still pricey!) Lightning cables that fray, get filthy and get all tangled. Yes, it’s a first world problem – but hurray! We’re in the first world, so here’s a win-win Kickstarter campaign that solves our tech boo-boos.

Don’t be fooled by the tiny cord in the image to the right – they make a longer version as well – and here’s the kicker – this cord is reversible. For realz. Reversible USB cables are new, pricey and hard to find – but you get the full package with The Woodie – the wood and braided leather cord available in Lightning and MicroUSB configurations. Their Kickstarter campaign ends in about 2 weeks and there are still some early bird (or as Baginski refers to it – early woodpecker) deals left to be grabbed before they’re gone.

You can follow the designer on Facebook.

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