Hammers

Gadgets

Craftsman Hammerhead: Great For Pounding In Tight Spots

6:30AM July 13, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

I’m not what you’d call “coordinated”, so the prospect of hammering nails without worrying about how many fingernails I’ll lose in the process is, um, appealing. The Craftsman HammerHead G2 Auto-Hammer does that — just not terribly well. More »


Gadgets

Get Hammered Like The Gods

3:20PM February 4, 2011 | Brian Barrett

When is it okay for the toy version of an icon to not be 100% faithful to the original? When you add a friggin missile. That’s right: Thor himself would be jealous of Hasbro’s projectile-enabled take on his mighty hammer. More »


Mobile

Teen Sends $US4800 Worth Of Text Messages, Dad Hammers Teen’s Phone

10:40AM April 9, 2009 | Jason Chen

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.

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Gadgets

Craftsman Electric Hammer Automates the Process of Us Never Building Anything

4:50AM November 14, 2008 | Mark Wilson

Craftsman thought they had finally cornered the lazy-arse 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?

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Mobile

‘World’s Toughest Phone’ Battered Live Online For Your Enjoyment

5:20AM October 25, 2008 | Sean Fallon

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.

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