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[THN] Guy Builds A Thor-Like Hammer that Only He Can Pick Up

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18-10-2015, 04:36 PM
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If you have watched the most recent Avengers movie, then you would be aware of a scene where all the superheroes Iron Man, War Machine, Hawkeye, and Captain America take turns to lift Thors hammer but fail.
Someone has an explanation, Why?

Inspired by Thor's legendary hammerMjolnirthat is not liftable by anyone except Thor, an electrical engineer has built a real-life Mjolnir that only he can pick up.

Electrical engineerAllen Pan, who also runs theSufficiently AdvancedYouTube channel, created a giant hammer that only he can lift, so long as the hammer is on a metal surface.
To make his hammer immovable, Pan made use of:

  • A capacitive touch sensor (fingerprint sensor) attached to the handle

  • AnArduino Pro Miniand a solid state relay, which serves as a switching device.

  • A microwave oven transformerelectromagnetthat uses electricity to produce a very strong magnetic field.

The electromagnet creates a very strong magnetic field, strong enough that when the hammer is placed on a metal surface, it feels too heavy to lift.

With only a little bit of programming, Pan made thefingerprint sensor act as a switch so when he grabs the hammer's handle and places his thumb on the sensor, the electromagnets turns off, allowing only him to lift the hammer.
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