Makers Making Fiction A Reality | James Hobson | TEDxKC

Have you ever seen something in a movie, comic book or game and wondered if it was possible in real life? James Hobson (The Hacksmith) has made a full-time job out of making fictions a reality.
James Hobson quit his full-time job as a mechanical engineer to pursue his passion as an inventor. With the hope to inspire others to do the same, James documents his innovative creations on his TH-cam channel, the Hacksmith. Whether making adjustments to his home-made exoskeletons or creating functional prototypes inspired by fictional ideas in comic books, movies and video games; James is a mashup of MacGyver ingenuity and playful Mythbuster engineering rigor.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

[@theHacksmith]

*HISTORY:* My first TEDx talk... what a rush.

[@-Op309]

Yee

[@hackhobbylab]

Hey Hacksmith, I love your channel. On next thursday I have to deliver my presentation in front of my class in University and I'm nervous. And I'm seeing it on your face too.I can now feel what you're feelings are. 😰😱😱🥺

[@mynameiszoro]

Man I love your channel. good luck from the heart!

[@fadedace1342]

I'd Imagine good work my dude good work.

[@meenadhalod4166]

Wow time goes fast, right James

[@DIYTechRepairs]

Yeap a bit nervous :) Can hear it in the voice but doing great!

[@ArtSurvivesArtist]

His hair looks like it took an engineer and an architect to build. Very nice.

[@ericsilva6787]

A future that looks like magic. Now that sounds inspiring!

[@oriongg1087]

im here cause he told me to

[@anonym7500]

So am I

[@yannismorris4772]

Orion GG Same here

[@LaagVLOGniJohnny]

me too

[@jacemaverick1930]

Orion GG in

[@TehHoovy]

You can clearly see hes nervous, poor Hacksmith

[@jakubfrei3757]

And who would not be ?....

[@StrongerThanHell]

"...If so, are you an elderly scientist?" *smirks*
Nailed it. lol

[@tommywurdack48]

james hobson is a role model of mine ive watch many of his videos.... before i saw any of his videos i had ideas and dreams of building things that hes currently attemping

[@Smona]

I like how nervous he is, he's a human being after all

[@twm3856]

James i really appreciate it man, youre inspiring speech and magical sentences and creative ideas are really mind opening and so inspiring that i want to leave everything alone and start innovating , although i know how hard it is to become an engineer.

[@poolkrooni]

This (as your awesome channel) demands more attention.

[@yousifabdullah3167]

Why does this only have 300 views

[@curseofgladstone4981]

ted ed produces so many videos that its hard to see even a fraction of them

[@Lark151]

Dude now its 3.7 million.

[@thenothingking]

Didn’t even know you did a Ted Talk and I’ve been subbed for a while

[@RealLifesJourneyBecomingPinoy]

you are an awesome guy host, keep moving forward.

[@xanderasnot]

A very inspirational talk!

[@sarveshsaravanan8712]

you are a good engineer:you are good at giving speech too .I love your youtube channel.

[@yourlipslikeice]

So good!

[@codemaster2861]

So good I love his channel

[@sir_chicken_man]

I was always interested in engineering but the Hacksmith makes me even more interested.😀
I now chose engineering as my #1 elective

[@toddolatheks.1328]

Awesome 👏🏼
Thanks 🙏

[@joebrad275]

This video is absolutely amazing, well done.

[@theHacksmith]

Thank you!

[@danksouls9348]

Great talk

[@Hydra_Dev]

Let’s go James!

[@shvnj]

Way to go man ....keep it up ;)

[@sanjayvagh8326]

Really inspiring

[@muzammil7867]

really inspiring

[@evann03]

inspiring

[@Rctdcttecededtef]

remarkable.

[@0ld_Scratch]

that was so cool!

[@cosmicwarriorx1]

Nice... 👌

[@mrsecretservice7140]

u did awesome hack smith

[@caloster7664]

+the Hacksmith great speech, really inspirational. Keep up the good work!

[@theHacksmith]

Thank you!

[@theroyalgamer5871]

woo!! The Hacksmith!!

[@evann03]

yeah! COLIN!

[@pranjalmittal8430]

You're amazing, love from India..

[@essschesss6471]

do you like T-series?

[@sijiharold2045]

@@essschesss6471 no

[@nickmurphy2936]

No mention of the LASER BAZOOKA?! Really?

[@OscarPrice007]

Nick Murphy TOO TRUE this is 11 months ago though

[@nickmurphy2936]

Oh, OK.

[@hyperhektor7733]

you cant press a channel with hours of great vids into 10 or 3 minutes.

[@cool8661]

Don't forget transparent aluminum

[@AmAnKumAr-tg4fy]

after 5 years he made world first retractable proto-lightsaber.

[@swapandas8201]

He's like the inventor in the film Tomorrowland😎

[@agustinmassa4341]

Sos un grande @the hacksmith

[@Lark151]

Your my rolemodel hacksmith!

[@sunnyghosh9147]

Hail the hacksmith!!!!

[@aurora_skies_]

So scary talking in front of all those ppl, for me at least

[@Carstrick]

amazing job i wis you had a new ted talk to show da lightsaber

[@mtsb6285]

Inspiring! Why didn't you mention the Batman grappling hook gun?

[@Happyface-bf8tf]

MT SB it was made a year ago

[@mtsb6285]

Yeah, I felt like I've seen it but I wasn't sure!

[@ishan_bbx]

07:04 revolution took place

[@ashnasingh5639]

Driven, nerdy, and cute. How amazing is he ^-^?

[@theHacksmith]

Haha thank you!

[@essschesss6471]

@@theHacksmith You do take time to read comments!, another reason why love the channe.

[@odysseus7732]

Rewatching for 5th time.

[@theHacksmith]

Aw!

[@khoinguyen176]

he told me to watch this 4 minute ago

[@governmentmanWalls1740]

Wooooo

[@Mustafa-oz7sn]

Remind

[@rgillc4908]

You aren’t crazy you made a light saber

[@DrPastah]

I could see he's not a public speaker lol

[@fariszeidan8495]

How many times did he say impossible?

[@ParthSareen]

I hear you're replyin...

[@theHacksmith]

sup?

[@jheraldbaui1933]

ypur my idol

[@Aidan-zc8wx]

Dd I believe teleportation is possible? Yes. Do I even have a philosophical theory that may prove a starting ground to how to do it? yes. Is it based on a book? yes. shhh

[@lifeofavatar1]

Who's watching this is 2020?

[@infernem2725]

I wonder what like he did for his education...

[@ey8307]

Who else is here because he told u to

[@sqidgery9960]

The pun reaction was somewhat disappointing. Respectful, but disappointing.

[@KaityKat117]

I thought his pun was hilarious.
(tried and failed to come up with a good Star Trek pun for that. :/ )

[@jaydonurlich8321]

+the Hacksmith reply to dis comment

[@theHacksmith]

Heya

[@jaydonurlich8321]

the Hacksmith OMG this is the first time I have had a reply from the star himself 😁😁😁😬😬

[@earl9913]

Star Walkthroughs Surprisingly, even though he has over 800k subs he responds a lot. It must be a full time job just commenting lol.

[@theHacksmith]

pretty much

[@earl9913]

YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?! :)

[@user-me7gl4sh5s]

:)

[@user-me7gl4sh5s]

Yea still got the same reaction to this talk

[@pranjalmittal8430]

You're amazing, love from India..

[@essschesss6471]

you posted the same coment twice, weird