Bored engineer creates a working Thor's hammer

[Puremallace]

So yeah this was pretty damn cool

[TwoNineMarine]

Haha. So awesome.

[Nethershock]

Pretty cool. Think it would have been better if he didn't tell people it was just a magnet. Totally ruins the mystery of it.

[TrumpIsPresident]

Ahha the dude at the end with the workaround.

GG NO RE

[Baelic]

Nice attempt, but if it only works on magnetic surfaces it's not quite the real thing.

[Cosmic Janitor]

When I read something like "someone made a real Thor's hammer" I would at least expect lightning, and returning back to sender.. sticking it to metal surfaces ranges very low on that list..

[Lava Bucket]

When I read something like "someone made a real Thor's hammer" I would at least expect lightning, and returning back to sender.. sticking it to metal surfaces ranges very low on that list..

I thought, "How did he get the heart of a dying star?"

[Cosmic Janitor]

I thought, "How did he get the heart of a dying star?"

I don't care about the origin story in these cases, if someone were to manage to build a perfect working replica it might as well be made out of dirt and snot for all I care .

A more technical critique I have here is that the first time he pulled it up I immediately noticed the delay and the awkward placing of his thumb. Should made it faster or a swipe sensor to better mask it :P.

[BananaHandsB]

I don't care about the origin story in these cases, if someone were to manage to build a perfect working replica it might as well be made out of dirt and snot for all I care .

A more technical critique I have here is that the first time he pulled it up I immediately noticed the delay and the awkward placing of his thumb. Should made it faster or a swipe sensor to better mask it :P.

I think you're missing the point. This wasn't supposed to be a perfect replica (I'm not sure that's possible no matter how much time/money you have), or intended to truly "trick" someone, it's just a fun replica he made in his spare time to play around with.

[Cosmic Janitor]

I think you're missing the point. This wasn't supposed to be a perfect replica (I'm not sure that's possible no matter how much time/money you have), it's just a fun replica someone made in his spare time, and he did a pretty good job at that.

Sorry, as a fellow engineer, I get triggered by click bait tech articles :P.

[Kujako]

So... just a variation on the old "light heavy chest" magic routine.

[Lava Bucket]

I don't care about the origin story in these cases, if someone were to manage to build a perfect working replica it might as well be made out of dirt and snot for all I care .

A more technical critique I have here is that the first time he pulled it up I immediately noticed the delay and the awkward placing of his thumb. Should made it faster or a swipe sensor to better mask it :P.

Ok, but you'd need a material as dense as a black hole in order for it to work like it does. So far, we've only found material that dense in one place. I would award partial credit for a hammer that shoots lightning, though.

[BananaHandsB]

Sorry, as a fellow engineer, I get triggered by click bait tech articles :P.

In the title of the vid: "(Electromagnet, Fingerprint Scanner)". I don't think anyone actually expected people to believe this was "real". And to be fair, this is probably the closest to a real Thor's hammer than has ever been actually engineered. I'm an engineer too, and I found this fantastically clever, and I imagine he has quite a bit of fun with it too, despite the shortcomings of it not being a real Thor's hammer as you felt the need to point out.

[Stacyrect]

Its actually really lame

[Forgettable]

This guy should sell these and make a small fortune :P