In a world where smartphones are getting sleeker and more fragile, Hammer Construction steps in as the Spartan of mobile devices. Forget about treating your phone with kid gloves – this 6-inch ruggedized smartphone is built for those who need a robust, reliable tool for their demanding jobs.
Built Like a Tank
Hammer Construction is not just a smartphone; it’s a powerhouse of durability. Encased in bumpers and fortified with Gorilla Glass, it laughs in the face of dust and water with its IP69 rating. Dropped it from 1.8 meters? No problem – this device is designed to endure the harshest of environments.
Technical Brilliance
Under the hood, Hammer Construction is equipped with the MediaTek G85 octa-core processor, ARM G52 MC2 graphics, and 6 GB of RAM, ensuring it can handle any task you throw at it. With 128 GB of internal storage, expandable up to a whopping 1024 GB via SD card, you’ll never run out of space for your critical data.
A Suite of Tools
This is where Hammer Construction truly shines. It’s not just a smartphone; it’s a toolbox in your pocket. The rangefinder can measure distances up to 40 meters, perfect for construction sites or outdoor activities. The toolkit suite includes a protractor, compass, gradienter, flashlight, paint hanger, magnifier, alarm bell, plumb bob, and barometer – it’s like carrying a Swiss Army knife with a touchscreen.
Capture Every Moment
In terms of photography, the Hammer Construction doesn’t compromise. Its 16MP main camera captures detailed photos, while the 8MP wide-angle lens with a 120-degree field of view is perfect for panoramic shots. The 0.1MP depth sensor adds a professional touch to your portraits, ensuring that every shot is Instagram-ready, even if your hands are covered in dirt.
Battery That Lasts
Battery anxiety is a thing of the past with the Hammer Construction. With a 28-hour talk time and 400 hours of standby, this phone keeps going as long as you do. Both wireless and plugin charging at 15W ensure you’re back in action in no time.
User-Friendly Design
Despite its rugged build, the Hammer Construction doesn’t skimp on user-friendly features. Running Android 12 with GMS certification, it offers a smooth, intuitive experience. The side fingerprint reader ensures quick, secure access, while the 3.5 mm headphone jack keeps traditionalists happy.
Final Verdict
The Hammer Construction is more than just a rugged smartphone; it’s a dependable companion for anyone who works hard and plays harder. Whether you’re on a construction site, an outdoor adventure, or simply someone who tends to be tough on their tech, this phone stands ready to meet your challenges head-on.
Hammer has truly created a masterpiece of resilience and functionality – a phone that’s as tough as you are.
This is the second in my series of reviews of devices from Hammer! Meet the Hammer Iron V!
Welcome to the next level of rugged mobile technology, where durability meets advanced functionality. The Hammer Iron V isn’t just a smartphone; it’s a fortress in your pocket, ready to face the harshest environments and still come out unscathed.
A Beast of a Display
With a generous 6.5-inch screen, the Hammer Iron V ensures you have ample space to work, play, and navigate. This isn’t just any screen – it’s an IPS display offering 1600 x 720 resolution with 269 ppi, providing clear, vibrant visuals that are easy on the eyes even in challenging light conditions.
Unmatched Durability
The Hammer Iron V laughs in the face of water, dust, and adverse weather conditions. With an IP69 rating and MIL-STD-810H certification, this smartphone is built to withstand the elements, drops, and the roughest of handling. Whether you’re on a construction site or an outdoor expedition, this phone stands resilient.
Power that Lasts
Equipped with a formidable 6320 mAh battery, the Hammer Iron V is designed to keep going long after other phones have tapped out. Need to work through the night? No problem. This battery supports you with up to 12 GB of RAM and runs on Android 13, ensuring smooth performance and multitasking capabilities.
Cutting-Edge Features
What sets the Hammer Iron V apart is its night vision camera. Capture clear photos even in the darkest environments with the 50 MP (ƒ/1.8) lens. And yes, it’s capable of underwater photography too, making it perfect for documenting your underwater adventures or inspecting submerged structures.
Tools for Every Job
The Hammer Iron V is more than a smartphone; it’s a toolbox. The HAMMER Toolbox app is loaded with practical tools such as a sound meter, picture-hanging function, protractor, compass, and flashlight. These tools are invaluable whether you’re measuring sound levels at a concert or hanging pictures perfectly straight.
Work with Gloves On
For those who need to keep their gloves on, the Hammer Iron V’s gloved-hand operation ensures you won’t miss a beat. This feature is a game-changer for professionals who need to stay productive in rugged environments.
Built for Versatility
The Hammer Iron V is eSIM-ready and features NFC, providing flexibility for connectivity and payments. Dual SIM capability means you can manage work and personal calls from one device. Plus, the additional protective case comes with a rotating back clip and a carabiner, adding extra layers of protection and convenience for outdoor use.
Entertainment on the Go
Take advantage of the built-in radio function and enjoy your favorite stations without needing headphones. Whether you’re working, camping, or hanging out with friends, this feature ensures you have the perfect soundtrack.
Final Verdict
The Hammer Iron V is a testament to rugged elegance. It’s not just a phone; it’s a reliable companion for those who demand the best in durability and functionality. Whether you’re deep in the wilderness or navigating a busy job site, the Hammer Iron V is the tool you can trust.
With its advanced features, robust build, and practical tools, the Hammer Iron V is more than ready to meet the challenges of your active lifestyle. This is no ordinary smartphone – this is the Hammer Iron V.
The first of my series of reviews of Hammer hardware, I’ve been testing the Hammer Watch Plus for the past few weeks!
Step aside, delicate timepieces; the Hammer Watch Plus has arrived to redefine ruggedness and reliability in the world of smartwatches. This is the next generation of the Hammer Watch, boasting a robust design and a plethora of features tailored for those who push their limits and demand the best.
Hammer Watch Plus
A Visual Masterpiece
The Hammer Watch Plus features a stunning 1.35-inch AMOLED display with a crisp resolution of 390×390 pixels. The vibrant, high-resolution screen ensures that every detail is sharp, whether you’re checking your heart rate or navigating through the wilderness.
Built to Endure
True to its name, the Hammer Watch Plus is as tough as they come. Certified with an IP68 rating, it’s resistant to water spills and mechanical damage. The metal bezel and additional bumpers protect the screen, making it a perfect companion for the most demanding outdoor activities.
Unmatched GPS Precision
For those who venture off the beaten path, the Hammer Watch Plus offers precise GPS navigation supported by Beidou and GLONASS satellite systems. Whether you’re trekking through dense forests or exploring urban jungles, this smartwatch ensures you never lose your way. The electronic compass is an added bonus, providing reliable direction no matter where you are.
Sport Mode Galore
Fitness enthusiasts will revel in the Hammer Watch Plus’s extensive selection of sports modes. With 20 preloaded sports profiles, you can track your workouts and progress in real-time. From running and cycling to swimming and hiking, this watch covers all bases, helping you aim high and push your limits.
Health Monitoring On-The-Go
Keeping track of your health has never been easier. The Hammer Watch Plus monitors your heart rate, analyzes your sleep patterns, and tracks blood oxygenation (SpO2) levels throughout the day. Additionally, it keeps a count of calories burned and steps taken, providing a comprehensive overview of your health metrics.
Stay Connected
Even while you’re on the move, staying connected is effortless with the Hammer Watch Plus. It supports notifications from numerous messengers, apps, text messages, and calls. Now you can keep up to date with important information without interrupting your workout.
Long-Lasting Battery Life
Worrying about battery life is a thing of the past. The Hammer Watch Plus comes equipped with a 440 mAh battery, allowing up to 14 days of operation on a single charge. The upgraded magnetic charger ensures that your watch powers up quickly and efficiently.
Enhanced Functionality with HAMMER W+
The Hammer Watch Plus pairs seamlessly with the new HAMMER W+ app, available on Google Play and the App Store. This app enhances the watch’s functionality, providing additional features and more detailed data. It’s compatible with Android 5 and iOS 10 and higher versions, ensuring a smooth and integrated user experience.
Final Verdict
The Hammer Watch Plus sets a new standard for rugged smartwatches, seamlessly blending durability with advanced functionality. Perfect for adventurers and fitness enthusiasts alike, this device offers a robust design that can withstand the harshest conditions while providing precise GPS navigation and comprehensive health monitoring.
With its long-lasting battery life and extensive range of sports modes, the Hammer Watch Plus is built to keep up with even the most demanding schedules. Its bright AMOLED display ensures clear visibility in any environment, and the IP68 certification guarantees resistance to water and mechanical damage.
Stay connected and informed with smart notifications, and enjoy the enhanced features offered by the HAMMER W+ app. The Hammer Watch Plus isn’t just a tool; it’s an essential companion for those who push boundaries and strive for excellence in every endeavor. This is the smartwatch for those who demand more from their gear, offering reliability and innovation in one rugged package.
Theion, a global battery manufacturer of lithium-sulphur cathode technology, today announced the appointment of Dr Ulrich Ehmes as CEO and the upcoming commercial availability of its Crystal Battery for applications, beginning with the aerospace sector. Dr Ehmes, who has a long track record of industrialising battery production at companies like Swiss-listed lithium-ion battery company Leclanché, will lead the commercialisation of Theion’s innovative lithium-sulphur cathode technology, which is targeting triple the range and usage time compared to conventional lithium-ion cells.
Theion’s battery innovation is based on sulphur – a material available In abundance without harmful mining (a byproduct of industrial processes). Sulphur replaces cathode materials with high processing cost and high metal content like nickel and cobalt. As a result, sulphur is not only 99% cheaper to source than the cathode materials, used in existing state-of-the-art lithium-ion batteries, but Theion’s battery cells also require 90% less energy to produce – from raw material to finished cell.
Under the leadership of Dr Ehmes, Theion will leverage his decade-long experience in the battery manufacturing sector to scale production. Dr Ehmes also serves on the Board of major battery research clusters funded by the German Ministry of Research and Education and is a member of European and German battery associations.
“I joined Theion because I am convinced that selecting the right battery active materials and processing these materials in a way that best leverages the material’s storage property, will disrupt the battery industry to another level,” said Dr Ulrich Ehmes, Theion CEO. “With 16 patents pending, our process innovations are scalable, and will bring a new dimension of mobility, range, usage time and sustainability.”
Theion’s patented production process extends the cycle life of batteries by combining sulphur’s crystal material properties with carbon nanotubes and a proprietary solid electrolyte. The company will be shipping material later this year, firstly to aerospace customers, as part of the qualification stage, then to aircraft, air taxis, drones, mobile phones and laptops, before servicing the electric flight and automotive sectors in 2024.
Battery Start-Up Theion Unveils Crystal Battery for all Mobile Applications
“We are using mother nature’s crystals under the guidance of our patented processes to unlock sulphur’s full potential as an energy carrier,” said Marek Slavik, Theion co-founder and CTO. “Its wide abundance around the world is crucial to the material cost. The design of our highly energy-efficient manufacturing processes makes our Crystal Batteries fully sustainable.”
Theion is backed by Lukasz Gadowski, CEO of Team Global, a technology holding company investing in and starting frontier technology companies. With a successful track record that includes Delivery Hero, and recent investments into Volocopter, Zapata and AutoFlight, Theion’s addition to the portfolio is highly synergetic.
“At a time when industry demand for batteries is surging, but materials cost and sustainable sourcing are experiencing volatility, Theion’s breakthrough is ideally timed,” Lukasz Gadowski, founder and CEO of Team Global, and principal investor. “Theion’s Crystal Battery is perfect for all mobility applications, while being massively sustainable, and is targeting to extend the use time of handheld devices, the driving range of electric cars, and the safe flight time of eVTOL applications and electric aircraft by a factor of three. When in full production, it has the potential to replace every battery in every mobility device on earth.”
Headquartered in Berlin, Theion operates three locations within the city, specializing in cell design, prototyping and testing. Theion is expanding by adding manufacturing facilities to accelerate its mass production roadmap, beginning in Berlin. Locations for later Giga-Factories are not determined yet but will be located close to the customers. Thus, production sites are envisioned In Europe, Asia and the USA.
So, I’m now the proud owner of a pair of ‘Smart Curtains’… Yes, you read that right! After a simple installation, our living room curtains can now be controlled by the flick of a screen gesture, a Google Home or Alexa command, temperature, a timed opening and closing or it can even be triggered (and charged) by light!
SwitchBot can be installed onto a range of curtain rails
All of this came courtesy of the SwitchBot Curtain, a nifty set of kit that allows me to all of the above and more!
SmitchBot Curtain is a motorised device that sits on your curtain rail or pole and simply moves your curtains open or closed upon your command or wishes. It can also integrate with an additional SwitchBot hub that connects it to other SwitchBot gadgets and talks to your favourite cloud assistants via the internet. This allows you to control your curtains remotely. More importantly, this allows this to happen via a schedule, so you can be away on holiday and your curtains can open and close deterring unwanted visitors and stopping your houseplants from scorching in the hot sun.
SwitchBot can be installed onto a range of curtain rails
All of this is achieved by (in my case) a pair of SwitchBot curtain, one for each side on the window, a pair of plug-in solar chargers which keep the batteries topped up (although you can do this with the included USB Type-C cables,
Set up was a breeze, I installed the SwitchBot app on my Android phone (iPhone app also available) and it took me through every single step without missing a beat! Within a couple of minutes, I was up and running. There were some simple steps to teach the devices when to stop and when opening and closing the curtains, but we were good to go after that!
Our curtain pole is extendable, so by design has two different sized poles connected, SwitchBot provides a nifty little adapter that allows the SwitchBot Curtain to easily move over this uneven without issue.
As well as using the app to close and open the curtains, you can also tug them gently in either direction, which will trigger then to do the rest, very useful if you forget that you don’t have to open and close them manually!
Our curtains run on a pole, however, SwitchBot is also available for I Rail and U Rail fittings in either white or black, basically suiting most tastes. The device also sits neatly behind our curtains, so you don’t actually see them at all. Out of sight, out of mind!
Also available in black
So now, the Gadget-Household are smart-curtain enabled, giving one more thing for Alexa to do and hopefully improving our lives just a little bit more.
SwitchBot is available on Amazon at the link below, keep an eye out for upcoming Prime Day deals which are listed below!!
SwitchBot’s hero product and a bestseller on Amazon, the SwitchBot Curtain is a small wireless robot that makes any curtains motorized and smart with a 30-second installation. After attaching to your curtain, you can open and close it with your smartphone. Or, just set a schedule to automatically open or close the curtain. For any type of curtain rail – no matter if it’s Rod, U rail track, or I Rail track, SwitchBotCurtain can always fit. Make sure to measure the dimensions of your curtain rails, so it can work smoothly on your curtains.
SwitchBot Bot lets you retrofit all existing appliances or light switches in your home, instead of replacing them. It mechanically turns device switches ON/OFF working as a robotic finger. There’s a 5-second installation, tape it right next to a rocker switch or button with a 3M sticker. No swapping, no tools required. Easy App operation. With SwitchBot Hub Plus/Mini (only support 2.4GHz Wi-Fi), control your SwitchBot Bot remotely from anywhere and enable voice control. Works well with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Siri and IFTTT.
SwitchBot Meter is a sensor that monitors your environment reliably and around the clock. Manage the temperature and humidity in the most accurate way. The Meter maintains the most recent 36 days of data while you are away. With SwitchBot Hub Plus/Mini (only support 2.4GHz Wi-Fi), unlimited data could be stored on the SwitchBot cloud.
The SwitchBot Hub Mini connects and streamlines the control of your SwitchBot products/ most household devices, including your TV, air conditioner and anything else that would usually be controlled by a remote. Easy set up in the SwitchBot App. With “Smart learning” mode, it can mimic your existing remote control in 5 seconds. USB-powered and portable, you can take & place it everywhere.
Compatible with the SwitchBot Curtain and SwitchBot Bot, this device lets you turn the products ON/OFF at the press of a button. For example, the concave button can be used for switching the SwitchBot Curtain ON/OFF and the convex button can be used for switching the SwitchBot Bot ON/OFF.
The SwitchBot Solar Panel is a charger for the SwitchBot Curtain. Once plugged into the SwitchBot Curtain, you will never have to recharge again. Works with U/Rod/I SwitchBot Curtain models.
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