Forty years ago today the movie Star Wars opened in theaters, and inspired a generation to study and explore the depths of space. Many people of my age entered into science and engineering fields after first getting excited by the possibilities presented in the entire septet of films.

In honour of the anniversary, I thought I would discuss one of the interesting technologies used in the Star Wars universe. (Which as I wrote in a previous entry, may actually exist in a galaxy far, far away if y...
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