You'll be able to buy your very own Star Wars BB-8 droid

BB-8 Sphero toy real life

Fans were pleasantly surprised when the BB-8 robot from Star Wars: The Force Awakens rolled out onto the stage at the Star Wars Celebration last week. Like, "That thing is real?!"

Naturally most people's next thought was how badly they wanted one of their own, and luckily the company behind BB-8, Orbotix, is going to deliver.

Do it yourself

Coincidentally - or maybe not, who knows? - a designer named Christian Poulsen revealed over the weekend that he had made his own jury-rigged BB-8 by slicing a Sphero open, inserting a magnet and putting a counter magnet inside a head made of what looks like styrofoam.

You might not have a spare Sphero lying around to experiment on, though, in which case it seems you'll have to wait until the fall to terrorize pets and small children with your very own real life BB-8.

Via Hackaday

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