Hacksmith Industries may have started with sci-fi experiments and YouTube stunts, but its latest project is pure business. Co-founded by James Hobson and Ian Hillier, the team has just raised more ...

YouTuber and engineer, the Hacksmith, has created the world’s first retractable, “plasma-based” lightsaber, and it burns at 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit. There’s been an endless number of real-life ...

The Hacksmith created a system for tracking eye motion to target shoulder mounted lasers. This is the equivalent functionality as superman’s heat vision. AdHawk and Wicked Lasers made the lasers. This ...

In a world where pop culture icons inspire millions, few have taken their childhood dreams and turned them into a reality quite like James Hobson, who grew up watching movies always wondering, "What ...

The Hacksmith’s real-life Star Wars protosaber build is a work of art, but also appears to be insanely dangerous to wield. Here’s the thing about lightsabers that isn’t acknowledged enough: They’re ...

The 1:2 Cybertruck scale model is the work of YouTuber James Hobson, better known as “the Hacksmith”. Mr Hobson and his team at Hacksmith Industries use their engineering skills to take fictional ...

You might know Hacksmith Industries from its eponymous YouTube channel that boasts over 15 million subscribers who share a passion for the engineering team's outrageous real-life recreations of movie ...