Thor’s legendary hammer Mjolnir has found its way on Earth thanks to electrical engineer Allen Pan.

Pan’s version of the hammer looks like an exact replica of what Chris Hemsworth lifts in the films. Also, just like the Mjolnir featured in Marvel films, only the owner can lift it off the ground when it’s kept on a metal surface.

The science behind the Mjolnir replica is the concept of electromagnetism. Underneath the metallic head, there is a microwave electromagnet powered by SLA batteries. The electromagnet creates a magnetic field by using electricity, and because of that the real-life hammer of Thor gets firmly attached to a metal surface.

The fingerprint scanner helps the owner to pick the hammar with ease, as he can use his thumb to deactivate it. Pan attached a capacitive touch sensor to the fingerprint scanner that has a record of his thumb mark. The Arduino Pro Mini and solid state relay are responsible for switching the electromagnets on and off every time someone touches the handle.

Pan challenged random people at Venice beach to lift the Mjolnir replica sitting on a metal platform. He recorded the failed attempt by people to pick the hammer on video and uploaded it on Youtube.

The video has gone viral, with over 7 million views as of this post. On his YouTube channel Sufficiently Advanced, he invited people to let Hemsworth and Stan Lee know that his Mjolnir replica can register multiple fingerprints.

Arguably the best part of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” is Thor's challenge that anyone who can lift the hammer gets to rule Asgard. But alas, try as they might, no one in the Avengers team was able to lift the hammer, save for, you guessed it, The God of Thunder. Iron Man says that maybe all it needs is Thor’s fingerprints, Thor playfully shrugs and says that they're just not worthy.

[Source: YouTube/Sufficiently Advanced]

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