Now were talkin! Mosquito-Killing Lasers!!

Leave it to the "Intellectual Ventures Laboratory" to finally come up with something I can use. Now this is useful technology!

LINK: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-02/video-laser-zaps-pesky-skeets

Way cool. Can you imagine where this will be in 20 years?

Alright, this isn't exactly Luke Skywalker's Hand, but it is pretty close.
Star Wars, later renamed Episode IV - A New Hope, came out in 1977-32 years ago. Try and remember how amazing something like a robotic arm was. Yes, Steve Austin had one too. But this was simply something that was "SCIENCE FICTION." Now the term "SCIENCE NON-FICTION" seems more appropriate.
I can't wait to see where even 20 years of development will bring this technology. A tip of the hat to Dean Kamen and his engineers and scientists.
LINK:
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-06/luke-arm-begins-widespread-testing-among-veterans