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Cansaber

The idea

Yes, we can.

After a night designing a lightsaber and drinking beer, I realised I could just use the can as the shaft and skip hours of 3D printing. That's how CanSaber started: a capacitive lightsaber made from a beer can.

This was my first finished 3D-printed project. The lights and capacitive touch run on an ATtiny85.

  • prototyping
  • 3d printing
  • embedded technology
  • ContextIsobar Nowlab
  • DisciplineConnected product
  • Year2015
Cansaber in context01 / Project view
Cansaber prototype detail

The prototype

How it was built.

Lights and capacitive touch on an ATtiny85. The can is the handle.

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