So a bunch of aerospace guys got together to build a half-scale X-Wing fighter. Not happy with just making a model, they decided to make the wings open and close remotely. Oh yeah, and they stuck for solid rocket engines in it.



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Tags: star wars, entertainment

Um.... wow, what to say. Should the folks that put this together be praised or just institutionalized? For your geekery enjoyment, you can watch all of episode IV (that was that first Star Wars that came out in the late '70s) is ASCII. What's ASCII? Look at the picture and you'll get the idea.

So how can you see this? Yeah, you need to be a dork (I musta qualified). Open up a Terminal session and enter: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl.

May the force be with you.

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For the last year or so, my son has really gotten into Star Wars. And with the new movie out, he decided he wanted to make his own Star Wars movie. So armed with his LEGOs and iStopMotion (a great stop animation application) we created this movie.



So how did we do it? Click through "Read More..." below...
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Tags: stop motion, star wars, software, legos