Gizmodo: hammer

Samsung Screen Resists Merciless Hammering Without a Scratch

Jesus Diaz — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:50:00 EDT

Color me impressed. Watch as this guy relentlessly beats this new Samsung flexible screen with a mallet. Amazingly, the 2.8-inch active matrix OLED—only 0.01 ounces, and 20 micrometers thick—keeps running happily, without a single scratch. [Gadget Lab]

Teen Sends $4800 Worth Of Text Messages, Dad Hammers Teen's Phone

Jason Chen — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:40:00 EDT

What's worse than your teen sending 10,000 text messages, mostly during school? Her sending 10,000 text messages when you have no text message plan.

Not only did all those sent and received messages (another 10,000 were received) cost the dad $4,756.25, it caused the girl's grades to drop down from A's and B's to F's. Verizon has offered to cut that down to non-absurd levels.

Then, of course, came the hammer. Because the guy's obviously rational and likes wasting even more money when he eventually has to buy his daughter another phone in the future. Good job sir! [Denver Post]

Craftsman Electric Hammer Automates the Process of Us Never Building Anything

Mark Wilson — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:50:00 EST

Craftsman thought they had finally cornered the lazy-ass market with their 12V, lithium-rechargeable Hammerhead Auto-Hammer, but they made one fatal mistake: We're way too unindustrious to build anything with or without electronic gizmos to back us up. Still, we can appreciate the design as this miniature jackhammer drives nails in at 35 strikes per second with a form factor that's not so different from the original hammer. But haven't we seen this idea somewhere before...namely from a certain Homer Simpson?

That man is a prophet, I tell you. A prophet! [Craftsman via Toolmonger]

"World's Toughest Phone" Battered Live Online For Your Enjoyment

Sean Fallon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:20:00 EDT

The folks at Sonim have done just about everything in their power to convince potential customers that their XP1 is the world's toughest phone. That includes running over it with cars and dunking it in beer baths. Their latest stunt involves hitting in with a hammer 24/7 until it breaks—and you can watch the entire thing go down online. You can even send it text messages to test whether or not it is working.

Visitors can also wager a guess on how many blows it will take before the phone breaks—with the closest guess earning a freebie XP1. Currently, the counter stands at over 33,500 hits—but my guess is that it will take quite a while before it finally gives in. I mean, it's not like that hammer is really wailing on it. Keep in mind that the XP1 is only available in Europe, but interested parties in the states should be able to get their hands on the updated XP3 version in rural areas starting this March. [testanddestroy via CNET]

Razorba War Hammer Improves Back Hair Shaving, Is Called the War Hammer

Jason Chen — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:30:07 EDT

How thick of a hair sweater do you need to have to need something called a War Hammer to shave off your back hair? Pretty thick, which is why Razorba improved their previous release with this War Hammer version, which holds more types of razors (Gillette Fusions are the most notable) than the predecessor. It's also twice the weight of the original, has a "Super Shock Solid Core" design, and a new "Hamr Grip II". In the end though, it's still a long piece of plastic designed to hold a bladed safety razor so you can shave your own back. If that's too dangerous for you (as it might be for us, since we're fairly uncoordinated) you can always try the electric-powered Mangroomer. [Razorba]

Exclusive Video: Flat Flexible OLED Screen Survives Hammer Pounding

Benny Goldman — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:00:00 EST

What happens when you smash a super-thin OLED display with a hammer? Last week, Wilson and I learned all about OLEDs, but after our factory tour we were left with that one nagging question. Lucky for us, mystery solved, as UDC has the answer courtesy of this video demonstration. Personally, I'd like to see this test performed on more gadgets. Blending is getting a little old. [UDC]

Nail Cushion Saves Thumbs From Hammers

Brian Lam — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:26:04 EST

Too many times have my Karate Kid "one-strike-per-nail" experiments gone wrong. This simple device holds your nail in the middle of a piece of plastic with a cross slice that holds a nail but lets the head pass through when you're finished pounding. Brilliant, but the people too busy to hammer carefully don't have time to fumble with gear, either. Plus, we'll make fun of them. [Yanko]

Get This S2 Hammer, and Everything Will Start Looking Like a Nail

Charlie White — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:09:01 EDT

Just when we were thinking the hammer had already been perfected, ATOMdesign steps in with this S2 Hammer, designed with a split head that reduces the shock to the hands and arms of the poor sucker who has to bang on stuff with it all day long. He-man hammer beta testers say this beast can drive a nail to the hilt with just two strikes, approaching nail-gun territory. Despite all of its high-tech design goodness, this mofo hammer's creators decided to stick with the carpenter-favorite hickory handle.

Designed for tool purveyor Vaughn & Bushnell, the S2 was deemed pretty and practical enough to win a Best of Category award in International Design Magazine's 53rd annual Product Design Competition. It also snagged a Bronze Award in the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) sponsored by BusinessWeek (see some of the other award winners here).

This is one serious-looking hammer, and while it probably can drive a nail in with two hits, were worried about what it's going to do to our thumbs when we miss. Ouch. We'll stick with a nail gun, which can drive dozens of nails in just a few seconds. [ATOMdesign]

Hammer Storage's 2TB Network Drives Are Big Like a Large Object

Jason Chen — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:01:03 EDT

This Hammer (don't...) Storage myshare NAS seems to be one of the few home and small business units to offer up to 2TB of storage. The unit itself takes 2 hard disks to form anywhere between 320GB and 2TB of storage, with an extra USB expansion port in the back for printers or even more space. Best of all, the NAS has Gigabit Ethernet and RAID 0/1 support, so the performance will be (theoretically) pretty solid.

The 1TB version is on sale now for $499, and the 2TB will be shipping in August. We're always looking for more storage for all the crap we amass from being on the Internet 18 hours a day (we went on a Batman comic downloading spree last week). – Jason Chen

Product Page [Hammer via Electronista]

Nike Hammer Watch

johnb — Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:23:54 EDT

Please, Hammer, don't hurt 'em. Sorry. I just wanted to use that line. This thing can't actually hurt you unless you tighten it to much.

Nothing terribly special about this sport watch. It looks very beefy and cool and is water resistant to 50 meters and can take all kinds of shocks and blows and whatever else. And it's yellow. Priced at about $120, it will make a good replacement for the Flava Flav clock you're wearing around your neck.

Oh-oh, oh-oh, here comes the Hammer [T3]