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facts first presents 9 Star Wars
technologies available now number one
land speeder although many car
enthusiasts have dreamed of driving cars
that fly through the air none is yet to
hit mass production nevertheless several
enterprising inventors have produced
functional hover crafts a good example
is the M 200 G developed by Muller
International which can cruise at a top
speed of 50 miles per hour hovering at a
height of 10 feet off the ground luckily
this hovercraft is not subject to FAA
regulations because it falls under the
category of recreation craft the only
downside to owning and flying one is the
price tag that ranges from ninety
thousand to one hundred twenty five
thousand dollars number two robots
robots are a common fixture in all Star
Wars films in fact a report written by
the BBC states that all Star Wars movies
have featured more than 1 billion robots
similar versions of the robots featured
in Star Wars movies have become
increasingly common in the enterprise
and home appliance space especially over
the last 5 years a good example is the
ASIMO humanoid robot that can move
around obstacles climb stairs lift and
move light objects as well as recognize
faces and sounds
another common robot fixture in American
homes is the Roomba 650 that can map
your home plan and implement a daily
vacuuming schedule and return to its
charging base number 3 heads-up display
heads-up displays that were once a
novelty are common features on fighter
jets helmets worn by fighter jet pilots
and even several modern cars in star
wars films heads-up displays are seen in
x-wing fighter jets currently car
companies including BMW Mercedes Tesla
GM and Toyota are working
cars that have advanced heads-up
displays in fact GM is trialing a car
with a windscreen based HUD that shows
metrics such as speed number for
battledroids several companies including
Google have produced robots that can
function in battlefields in particular
Google's big dog a remotely controlled
robot had a trial with several US Army
military units where its role was
carrying luggage for soldiers according
to Google it's robot can traverse rugged
terrain with ease while carrying loads
such as ammunition and military rations
although it proved quite effective at
executing this task the military said
it's power generator was too noisy and
could give away the location of soldiers
most of whom rely on stealth while on
missions number five Bionic body parts
in Star Wars films major characters
benefit from Bionic body parts after
sustaining injuries in one instance a
bot fits Luke Skywalker with a bionic
hand to replace his natural arm several
companies have produced Bionic body
parts that are almost as good as the
real ones some prosthetics are so
precise they can be used to type on
computer keyboards tie shoelaces and
pick small items like pins and strings
companies that have shown viable bionics
include touch bionics and steeper
number-6 magnetic levitation magnetic
levitation is another technology that
has made the leap from the screen to the
real world in Star Wars the Galactic
Empire uses a maglev train on planet
Kessel to transport cargo and prisoners
in the real world maglev trains are
already operational in countries
including Japan Germany and China China
is supposedly working on a maglev train
that will reach speeds of 250 miles per
hour while traveling between the
financial district of Shanghai and its
Airport number seven Holograms the
holographic technology shown in Star
Wars films has been successfully
replicated in the real world with
stunning results for instance in two
12 the late rapper Tupac appeared at the
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
as a hologram and performed alongside
dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg according to
Digital Domain the company that created
and projected this hologram on stage to
box digital image took about four months
of studio time to plan and create number
eight
lightsabers although this technology
seemed almost impossible to replicate in
the real world the US military has
already used light based weapons to
shoot adversarial targets specifically
the military has used a laser beam to
shoot incoming missiles and drones out
of the sky number nine
tractor beam in Star Wars tractor beam
technology is used to trap grab and move
objects researchers at the Australian
National University used laser powered
tractor beams in 2014 to drag glass
spheres up to seven point eight inches
which was more than a hundred times the
previous record researchers at the
University of Bristol in the UK have
also shown that sound can be used to
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