Lightsabre anyone ..?

[ZeroID (Brent)]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...e-fiction.html

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Amazing, This is.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Incredible stuff!

[troypiggo (Troy)]

That's gotta be a piss-take, doesn't it? The discovery was made by 2 professors, Mikhail Lukin and Vladan Vuletic. Lukin and Vladan. Luke and Vader? What an awesome coincidence of like-sounding names if nothing else.

[Allan_L (Allan)]

Originally Posted by troypiggo

That's gotta be a piss-take, doesn't it? ...

...have to admit... my first thought too...
... "Hmm! ... what date is it today..."

[inline_online (Dan)]

Yep, that is pretty cool.
But I want my hoverboard first. Light sabre can wait.

[DJDD]

probably not a prank. both scientists have several publications in Nature.
perhaps the analogy to a "lightsabre" may be more for effect...and makes a good headline?