Testing a USB powered wall hook and a look inside.

I'd like to thank John Harrison for sending me a link to these on Aliexpress. I've not had much luck getting stuff sent from AE to the Isle of Man so I checked for them on eBay and found that HMRC (UK tax) was blocking some Chinese sellers from shipping to the UK.
I finally found some sellers shipping to the UK so I bought a couple from different sellers to be on the safe side.
They both arrived together, and here's a demo and a teardown.
If you enjoy these videos you can help support the channel with a dollar for coffee, cookies and random gadgets for disassembly at:-
www.bigclive.com/coffee.htm
This also keeps the channel independent of KZbin's advertising algorithms allowing it to be a bit more dangerous and naughty.

[@mikemondano3624]

Now I really feel left out of the modern age. All our wall hooks still run on coal.

[@julioblanco]

Clean coal though

[@dimitrijekrstic7567]

@@julioblanco not the dirty sort!

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

@@dimitrijekrstic7567 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaG1emB_hrZmo68

[@BuckFudweiser]

Shhhhhhhush 😂

[@andreasu.3546]

Mine are from the 50s. Some of them run on nuclear, the others run on rocket fuel.

[@matttumberman2191]

Wall Hook: We've updated our Privacy Policy.

[@fitchyyboi]

Would you like to allow "wall hook" to take pictures and videos?

[@null3dgames]

Would you like to allow Wall Hook to access your contacts and make phone calls

[@samuelmatheson9655]

wall hook wants to know your location

[@cglensmith]

WHAAS (Wall Hook As A Service)

[@davec817]

@@cglensmith forget to pay your bill come home to your coats on the deck 😂

[@Kraechtshammer]

A well-engineered, but overengineered and wasteful solution to a problem noone ever had. nice.

[@coloradostrong]

_no one_

[@edo386]

BMW: taking notes

[@bigsmall246]

It doesn't even solve the problem nicely (loads of glue residue left behind)

[@noobeleza7321]

I mean, I live in a tropical country and this kind of wall glue won't last for shit, high temperatures + humidity makes pretty much everything rot. That being said, still a waste and way more expensive than it should be

[@Ranstone]

AKA India.

[@Arfonfree]

I love the inventors who solve a problem that nobody else even knew existed!

[@rodmena3404]

It's like pharmaceutical companies invent a medicine and then invent a disease for it to cure

[@Demilich23]

a genius hits a target no one else can see!

[@riffdex]

Henry Ford: if I asked the customers what they wanted, they would have asked for faster horses 🐎 This company: if I asked the customers what they wanted, they would have asked for faster hooks 🪝

[@Rightclick88]

Next revision: smart home integration... "ok google... drop all of the towels on the floor"

[@The_Sweep_Life]

🤣🤣🤣

[@RelakS__]

OK Google ... throw them to the floohr. Rhoughly!

[@rvarchitecture3667]

@@RelakS__ what sir? greetings biggus D.

[@RelakS__]

@@rvarchitecture3667 Hey, nice to see you here. Pass on my greetings to your wife, Incontinentia B.

[@rvarchitecture3667]

@@RelakS__ aww yes miss buttox send her regards, hail Cesar!

[@numbrenine9414]

The overcomplification of double sided tape

[@pollosasadosalcarbon]

what a cool album name

[@pollosasadosalcarbon]

one day ill name a song that

[@azuredominus5739]

@@pollosasadosalcarbon when

[@pollosasadosalcarbon]

one day are u blind?

[@SilentDeathPotato]

@@pollosasadosalcarbon hey man when dat song come out I'm blind

[@necronomicon1472]

They succeeded in making a product that is as ingenious as it is stupid. Impressive!

[@blacksquirrel4008]

“Don’t do this,” says the man with two bandages on his fingers.

[@kyucumbear]

The saying goes "do as I say, not as I do", but I agree. I had to double-take the moment he had the marvelous idea of touching an active heating element with melting adhesive on top.

[@sharpfang]

Learn from my errors, not from your errors.

[@Anzuo]

Evidence of all his other "let me check this by touching it" moments

[@lightingkid2010]

"i did it so you dont have to"

[@JerryRandalBauer]

'Way back in the 1970s, I was designing some of the earliest microcontrollers. The idea of a microcontroller in a something as simple as a toaster was considered ludicrous. And here we are...

[@goodmorning8172]

@@andrew_koala2974 Can you give me a link or name/brand regarding the shopping carts with microcontrollers? How are they charged? What are they used for?

[@rich1051414]

You say that, but microcontroller equipped toasters are amazing. They are able to toast perfectly consistently every time, while you know that is impossible for a dumb toaster.

[@MilesPrower1992]

@@andrew_koala2974 are you so dim that you don't know that 70s means 1970s? I think if you use context clues you can probably figure out that he wasn't designing microcontrollers in the year 70 or the year 1870. And shut up with that 8 days in a week copy paste BS. What are you, 80 years old and senile? Or 12 years old and Special Ed?

[@LoveOfMules13]

@@goodmorning8172 They're in shopping cart wheel locks to keep the carts from leaving the premises. A wire running around the store's parking lot carries a very low power radio signal that a microcontroller inside the wheel picks up when it passes over it. The microcontroller then triggers a small motor to spin a mechanism that locks the hub. The ones I've seen aren't recharged, the entire wheel is just swapped out. The battery inside was even potted, so it can't even be charged or replaced if you wanted to. Supposedly the battery lasts 3-5 years. These wheel locks have actually been in use for at least 15 years, and the concept/prototype has existed for over 20, so it's funny that he said "who would have imagined that four or five years ago". Search for a video called TWB #4 Locking Wheel Teardown to see the guts of one.

[@frostbite1991]

you can buy a touchscreen toaster now for $350 lol. www.amazon.com/Revolution-Cooking-R180-High-Speed-Stainless/dp/B086H69SJ2

[@SarahWattCA]

This is the most technology I've ever seen in an application that doesn't really need it; it's actually impressive

[@johnnorris1983]

It’s called Spywhere

[@xxDxxism]

@@johnnorris1983 yes I spy on people using a heating element bruh

[@rix1602]

@@johnnorris1983 I don't know where they're gonna spy

[@greenjp779]

Wait until you see "smart fridges"

[@oldkingcrow777]

​@@xxDxxismthere is actually a high tech way of spying on people using "any smart" tech. They essentially used it as a sonar device. The more smart devices folks had the better map of their home you could achieve. Shits crazy now

[@cameron571]

I'm pretty sure the reason you made a KZbin channel is so you can have an army of followers to alert you to any weird electronics they find so you don't have to go searching for strange devices to dismantle yourself lol!

[@UNSCPILOT]

It's certainly win win, seen some stuff here that defies explanation and he always gives such insightful circuit breakdowns

[@danielrose1392]

My grandma owns some which I would call the "historic predecessors" of these. You glue them on using a hot glue gun and to remove the, there is a spot underneath the hook where you stick in a soldering iron. The heat melts the hot glue and by applying a slight twist with the iron, you notice once the glue melted.

[@swayback7375]

Somehow that is more impressive than this and honestly seems more practical at first thought, not actually practical mind you, just more practical than all these circuits and chips which are now in higher demand than ever

[@KOTYAR0]

Japanese used ceramic hooks with meltable sulfur inside during 20th and 19th century

[@simp-slayer]

I was thinking of the exact same thing!

[@Elec-DIY]

A microcontrolled wall hook, I've seen everything

[@bobs12andahalf2]

Nuts, innit

[@SianaGearz]

I severely doubt that it's microcontrolled or that it knows initial heating from release heating, you plug it in, it heats for a while, then turns off, and that's it. Couldn't it just be a 555 derivative?

[@bigclivedotcom]

Keep in mind that it has modes and can detect and warn if you plug it in after it's already done a recent heating cycle. It's definitely not a standard component.

[@readysteadywhoa]

Typically I run like hell when the product packaging is done all in Comic Sans

[@martiniman34]

wow it should be advertised as ai usb wall hook.. another step to better future. next step, bluetooth connection for your phone to check if your coat is still hanging.

[@unmaintainedcars5077]

i love how those electronics will be used for only about 20 seconds and thats its whole life

[@igualnimp]

i think you could hate that fact

[@BluetheRaccoon]

I presumed the point of this is removability, like a 3M hook?

[@feuerherz007]

@@BluetheRaccoon okay but usually once u find a place for them u dont move them lmao

[@banana9494]

can someone explain what the wall activated hook actually does? I couldnt tell from the video

[@Theinatoriinator]

@@banana9494 you plug it in and it activates a glue mount system, to take it off the glue is melted away.

[@yaughl]

Queue infomercial montage of people epically failing putting up hooks.

[@NoirpoolSea]

What people seem to be missing is that you plug it in again to melt the glue to *remove* the hook without damaging your wall.. That's the reason for the replacement glue pads.

[@bobshermer6246]

But why would one need to remove a hook from one's wall?

[@stephenlee5929]

@@bobshermer6246 Many reasons,, I changed the size of mirror, picture, soup ladle... I want to hang on it, My child has grown 6 inches taller, I want to move my furniture, I'm renting. Really many reasons to want to move a hook, still not a good solution, I think, but I think, there is a use case.

[@Ranstone]

@@stephenlee5929 I am happy to inform you double sided sticky tape was invented 200 years ago.

[@PandaPelley]

@@bobshermer6246 you ever live in an apartment?

[@markharrison7468]

but it would just leave a load of sticky glue on the surface, at least if you get it off cold will pull it off with the hook

[@Dabbleatory]

I'll wait until they come out with the Connected IoT Smart Hook, so I can stick and unstick it remotely over the internet using a phone app from anywhere in the world.

[@bigclivedotcom]

But what if it was hacked and they remotely made your coat fall off the wall?

[@Dabbleatory]

That's just the price of progress, I guess!

[@msdesignru]

@@Dabbleatory haha

[@besenyeim]

You have to keep the firmware updated and install the latest anti-virus software to prevent malicious remote unhooking.

[@igotes]

Just make sure you turn the heating off when you're out, otherwise they may not need to steal your coat.

[@kjamison5951]

When this comes to Amazon, there will be a one time purchase of additional glue pads as well as a subscription option that saves you 5%.

[@OldProVidios]

That is what the other two glue dabs are for. FREE. Included at no additional cost.

[@rchupacabrae]

This is that type of product that really gets you hooked once you buy it.

[@danpalu2308]

Insert bad joke eel here

[@pixelpaggos]

I don't know how I got here but the genius of taking some high quality photos instead of trying to get the camera to focus in on it, take my like.

[@paulgascoigne5343]

I want a USB self heating sausage with a heating element running through the middle.. come on, what are the Chinese playing at, where's my usb sausage!?

[@Gun4Freedom]

You can have your sausage, I want USB filet mignon... With a firewire potato and displayport green beans too.

[@davey2k12]

U ain't right lmfao

[@kkobayashi1]

Self-heating food packaging has been around for a while.

[@Marco911]

There actually is a product for that. It's just a long metal rod you stick through the sausage and connect both ends to a little box. Saw that on a market in Shenzhen.

[@davey2k12]

@@Marco911 cus they dirty bastards lmfao

[@BRMBug]

Maybe if you upgrade the firmware to "hook 2.0" you can get it to release cleanly.

[@volvo09]

"introduced a small firmware change to resolve occasional complaints of residue when releasing"

[@TheBodgybrothers]

And fixes the botnet attack vector.

[@-Gadget-]

I don't think you should add "Too Many Fixes" for the first release. You should at least wait until "Hook 2.1.5" before making changes to it that actually make the product worth while, otherwise sales of "Hook 1.0" will decrease and become unfeasible 👍👍👍😅😅😅 Ps. residue fix can be introduced at "Hook 1.3.7" and botnet attack vector can be implemented into "Hook 2.1.9" (And both residue fix and botnet fix will be receiving royalties for their brilliant input) 😂😂😂

[@rolento19]

if they use type C usb that would be solved, but they have to cut cost

[@simonnplaysmc]

Hook 2.0 does less damage rip roadhog

[@fraaggl]

shit i've lost the instructions for my wall hook...

[@c97f]

I'll wait for the Bluetooth version.

[@jamescollier3]

lol😅

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

Maybe I'm just becoming an old party pooper, but this seems like a case of shoving tech into something for the sake of putting tech into something.

[@25566]

This is what happens when the usb mug heater factory has spare parts..

[@djhaloeight]

William Shreckengost my thoughts exactly

[@AlanisonYT]

It is a strong adhesive and the instructions clearly state that isopropyl alcohol can dissolve the remaining glue. Of course, you could do the whole process yourself, but good luck making a removable hook with enough glue strength to hold up 5kg.

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

A dab of hot glue, just like this uses? Speaking of, I have some serious doubts that this actually can handle 5kg.

[@andrewness]

@@StopChangingUsernamesKZbin Perhaps Clive could find some suitable items to suspend from it and test its actual strength.

[@ChrisBigBad]

Wouldn't buy. Isn't USB-C.

[@tokyojones2921]

I hate micro b leads

[@ericwalker2434]

This is actually how I am about all USB products

[@symix.]

@@tokyojones2921 what is micro b? You mean micro usb?

[@tokyojones2921]

@@symix. they call it micro USB b here

[@symix.]

@@tokyojones2921 there is no such thing so thats weird. There is usb b and mini b but not micro usb b

[@andrewclarkehomeimprovement]

I never thought of putting my coat hooks on the windows. Great idea, thanks Clive.

[@-Deena.]

Swap the glue for something nice and flammable, hook it up to smart plug, sit in the pub, turn it on and burn your (obviously not someone else's) house down. The tech arsonists dream.

[@leaningtower201]

I like the way you think! Prolly throw in some steel wool instead of hot glue, then some shredded paper..

[@Frankfurtdabezzzt]

1980's: *In the future we'll have flying cars!* 2018: *...*

[@SR-wm1kr]

Rrrranu hum I will be there at least to get it done before the end of the day I was in the shower and then I'll be home to get it done before the end of the day

[@DiodeGoneWild]

a USB powered toilet paper is not that far from being invented :).

[@gkcnalaka]

😅

[@100videosandnosubscribers3]

www.amazon.com/dp/B01DB8DRNO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_wlHiFbPCK73RJ

[@sebastianchibrac4877]

@@100videosandnosubscribers3 a portable Japan stile washing toilet?

[@100videosandnosubscribers3]

@@sebastianchibrac4877 yes

[@TheNiteNinja19]

They do have a smart toilet. "Alexa, flush my shit!"

[@IrishSchaller]

I thought, when Clive said at the beginning the chip was a mystery, he was going to tell us that it was Chinese and it sends back all sorts of classified data to them such as how heavy your overcoat is!

[@dillacorn_linux]

I love the way you presented the PCB and heating pad with big pictures to point at as you talk about the process.. gives me ideas for videos I may create! Thank you

[@NicholasHoward]

"The un-melt mode"

[@HelloKittyFanMan.]

Yeah, that didn't make much sense, huh? But a little, because "unmelting" is freezing. So once you stick it on or take it off and it has cooled down, then it has "unmelted" (frozen).

[@Nono-hk3is]

Both isopropyl and ethyl alcohols will cause hot glue to release. It even works when the glue is cool. It will wick it's way between the glue and whatever it's stuck to, and as such may take several tens of seconds to work.

[@greentjmtl]

Goddamn, I just tried it, with just a few drops of ethanol hot melt glue peels off plastic like nothing, gonna have to remember this!

[@nicolaslosito5735]

Good to know! Thanks!

[@SianaGearz]

Undefined Lastname, that sounds vaguely familiar. And it was in a follow-up to Ben Heckendorn's comment who kindly suggested trying alcohol. Does that ring a bell?

[@MkmeOrg]

I was just going to mention this- A couple drops of isopropyl and it will just fall off that glass. Its a magical hack for hot glue and makes the stuff 100X more useful :)

[@SianaGearz]

Oh yes, i found it, it was on 8-bit-guy's video where he re-fixed a project that Perifractic and Jan Beta worked on before. And Ben is a suuuuper famous maker/designer who ran "The Ben Heck Show" first on Revision3 and later on KZbin, from approximately 2010 to 2018. He is also known for his 2005 book on console modding, and overall well known on the Internet pre-KZbin via Hackaday and similar sites, for handheldised versions of various consoles. If there's one person in the whole world of whom there's a detailed public record of working with hot melt glue on tens thousands of occasions, it has to be Ben.

[@NIGHTOWL-jf9zt]

I think this must be re usable, hence the two extra glue discs. On the other hand you can make your own glue dots with a glue gun. why not just hot glue a regular hook with a glue gun in the first place?

[@redmist4963]

How can you detach it 'neatly' after then?

[@doublepinger]

There was a saying, 'once you've seen to do it, its obvious'

[@Ben-Rogue]

Or just use one of those 'Command' adhesive hooks, that let you pull the adhesive out from the bottom of the hook and cleanly remove it

[@RicMac-ey6yx]

@@Ben-Rogue Only they decide if they'll hold for a month or a decade.

[@hatrisfan]

I would guess its for people who dont have a glue gun

[@andylewis7360]

FYI, Clive: Microchip PICs can be ordered pre-programmed with custom marking, if the quantity ordered is high enough. 100,000+, I think.

[@seannot-telling9806]

Clive on the days when your really tired do you ever catch yourself trying to use the meter on the printed images of the circuit?

[@bigclivedotcom]

It has happened on video in the past.

[@jaylittleton1]

Well why not? It's much easier to see.

[@seannot-telling9806]

Also your chances of shorting 240 to ground will be much lower. But then we would not get the required fireworks. Speaking of. It's about time for Clive to blow something up.

[@davey2k12]

😂😂😂

[@GRBtutorials]

Well, it’s a Printed Circuit Board, nothing strange about that.

[@RobertRoberts329]

Ive got to say, with the rise of 3M command adhesive I totally don’t understand the point of this.

[@FurrBeard]

I'm with you on loving 3M's Command strips. For that matter, I think 3M is one of the most innovative corporations in the USA, and they produce so many clever and truly USEFUL products. (Post-Its, anyone?)

[@Muonium1]

Thanks 3M ad dept.!

[@totherarf]

3M Command Adhesive ...... Sounds a bit S&M to me ;0)

[@jakp8777]

Furr Bear I used to work at 3m in St. Paul Minnesota. 3m was much more innovative before they brought in corporate outsiders and implemented six sigma. As engineers we were afraid to try anything new because six sigma punishes failures.

[@SianaGearz]

You mean a belated knock-off of TESA Powerstrips makes your company innovative? Oookay.

[@uktay001]

Thank's Clive very interesting concept, I think as we continue moving forward with technology everything will have a port on for charging or modifying. As a middle aged man with lots of IT experience and some PCB experience I find your video's very interesting and very detailed. Thank you for giving your time to share this with the community👍

[@averymerzproductions4194]

I’m surprised you don’t have to sign up to use this little guy

[@CarcharothQuijadasdelased]

This need to be the greatest waste of electronic resources. Very clever, but no one asked for this product and it does not provide a big advantage.

[@jamesplotkin4674]

Carcharoth, someone spent a lot of time engineering a solution for a non-existent problem. But, seems everything needs a usb. Next... hard-boil an egg with usb.

[@macartm]

> But, seems everything needs a usb. Next... hard-boil an egg with usb. You'll be getting back to us in a few days then , James? ;)

[@km5405]

some idiot will buy it and think its the best thing since sliced bread though.

[@haploideallel]

Well, it is at least not as stupidly wasteful as those one-time use LED-wristbands (contains µ-controller and all)... Clive's got a video about that, but i couldn't find it, sadly... But in these times of 3M-tape, it does seem like a solution to no problem at all...

[@kuberootwastaken]

On one hand, sure, somewhat excessive. On the other though, it's convenient and at least it goes for a bit more security than necessary, rather than the other way around.

[@akspett]

This might be the dumbest thing I've seen in a long while

[@saltysoysauce954]

@Shasta Graff Please do, clogged toilets would be no more

[@ianworthington2324]

You didn't foresee 2021, did you?!

[@richardtickler8555]

@@andrew_koala2974 chances are nobody got rich of that

[@luisderivas6005]

You don't get around much: Kérastase Hair Coach - A smart hairbrush that uses a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a microphone to listen to your hair to see if you’re brushing it all wrong, you sloppy moron.

[@luisderivas6005]

Griffin Toaster - A $100 Bluetooth toaster by Griffin that can send you a notification when your toast is done to your desired level of crispness. Which is fine, except toast takes like three minutes. And it’s $100. My toaster was $8 and works almost all the time.

[@GMan-xl9dj]

"Don't touch the hot glue pad". He already has 2 bandages on his fingers.🤣

[@mh1970]

I thought this was a joke, even when I see the explanation it still feels like a joke. good one, you really got us.

[@msdesignru]

Its not a heater it is a secret antenna

[@chuffpup]

And a tiny little camera...

[@SianaGearz]

As a matter of fact, an LED sources a tiny bit of current when you shine a light on it, so you can use it as a photodetector or a single-pixel camera.

[@chuffpup]

@@SianaGearz I always remember a boffin friend of mine blowing my mind back in the cathode tube tv days by explaining how a tv screen could be used to retrieve enough light in the same way, to create a video signal. Compensating for focus and ambient conditions, the set being off, and wired properly. We were talking about crazy people thinking their tv was watching them. When my wall hook comes flying at me in its drone mode, to release a shaped explosive on my forehead, I might be a bit more concerned....

[@SianaGearz]

How do you think TV cameras worked before CCD became economical? You can even find tube-based compact camcorders from the early 90ies. Granted, you don't really get a useful image off backsensing a TV screen. I have seen practical use for LED as detector, for example as a combined display/touch panel, where the light off a neighbouring LED can be measured as a reflection off your hand.

[@tin2001]

Like that Russian wood carving thing (apparently literally called "The Thing") that was in a US government office for years?

[@christopherguy1217]

I thought it was going to be a USB charge port on the hook so you could hang up your jacket and charge the peripherals in your pocket.

[@chaos.corner]

Or an rfid antenna to provide an answer to "where's my keys?"

[@garywheeler7039]

I was hoping it was a usb charged and flile accessed minicam for the shower. The old ladies on my facebook circle would just love to know about nefarious devices such as these. And spread the information around. About what to look out for when you are naked. They are already on the lookout for shiny chrome phillips head camera lenses. With suspicious black plastic filling.

[@3ountyhunter]

I mean, that sounds just as dumb but probably more useful. Would that be considered an improvement then? 🤔

[@chrismorse3862]

+Gary Wheeler those exist too but if I remember correctly are extra big or something weird. knew someone who wanted to get one when they thought their apartment maintenance man stole their old hoodie and something else weird like sugar lol

[@downthetubes]

Buying a regular hook , a screw and a screwdriver and hole filler would be cheaper than this device.

[@quantumphaser]

This is nothing compared to the Bluetooth Cheese Log I got for Christmas. 😎

[@avocademy]

I appreciate that you take the time to print out a photo the little bits instead of zooming.

[@RichGwilliam]

Genuinely thought this was a joke video along the lines of Fanny Flambeaux to begin with. I suppose 5kg is a lot of weight, but honestly I don't think I'd trust it anyway. Plus, of course, there's always the chance it'll just take the wallpaper down with it.

[@Ramog1000]

wouldn't recommend it on a wallpaper anways seemse more suitable to use in the kitchen or in the bath on tilings. And those seem a lot saver than those suctioncups or adhesive hooks, since water and loos of pressure can't loosen those up

[@AAAyyyGGG]

Are "loos of pressure" those things they use on aeroplanes by any chance?

[@xAo2xSmurf]

Who still uses wallpaper?

[@tin2001]

Grand Moff Tarkin The English, as far as I understand... Every English renovation show seems to go through truck loads of wallpaper. Usually after ripping out some similar wallpaper they've described as "hideous" or "ugly".

[@gordslater]

Yep - the majority of English homes until the last couple of decades were of stone, block or brick construction with dual-skin (cavity) walls - a common construction is brick, cavity (air or insulation) and brick. The interior face of the inner skin is then plastered directly to finish it before decoration. Timber frame construction is very rare, probably due to the damp climate and lack of extensive local timber resources in the modern era. That has meant that dry-wall interior walls are only a recent thing and so there are millions of houses in the UK with 50-400 year-old interior walls that have seen a lot of wear and damage in that time. Wallpaper is a quick and easy way to cover damage, lumps and bumps and is particularly popular in the UK, far more than any other country I've visited. Its the norm in all but recent builds so has an extensive fashion following. Personally I find wallpaper both hideous and ugly :)

[@wizpin]

weird that the manufacturer of this piece of total un-usefulness didn't start a kickstarter for this.

[@woldemunster9244]

Propably some scammer will try "Kikcstarting" this totally original project and hopes that nobody realises that the product is already sold in China. Still it would be better than the "Motion activated toilet nigh-light" that clive reviewed, it was in Kickstarter and sold in China. :D

[@Alan_Stinchcombe]

That'd be a Stickstarter, no? ;)

[@theelmonk]

Maybe the kickstarter version will have a voice synthesizer instead of a flashing LED.

[@MrDuncl]

The Kickstarter proposal will have a miniature mains powered electric nail gun inside :-)

[@Alan_Stinchcombe]

@@MrDuncl with voltage step-up and nano-nails (YHIHF), maybe 5V will suffice.

[@porschadominguez8262]

I came to watch the video, and stayed due to the comments that kept me scrolling & lol.. totally forgot why I was here ...I Just Love people! and the way one selects words to convey their feelings! I guess we all have a comedic side within!

[@campbellmorrison8540]

You might be surprised at how well that glue comes off with isopropyl, a similar system is used on car dent pullers and they come off paint no problem. Agree I dont think I would go with wall paper but I would use double sided tape either

[@jackomco]

This is legit just a vape in a wall hook. Lemme rip a phat glue cloud

[@emanandchill]

jack mcpherson lol 😂

[@Hotdog_pimpin]

Gay

[@deadbox2003]

@@Hotdog_pimpin ungayn't

[@oskarcoronado9663]

I'm with you

[@mrmaniac3]

@@deadbox2003 oh thank goodness

[@linswad]

My god, is there nothing that can't be 'improved' by adding a USB port? I'm surprised it doesn't have an Arduino as well...

[@gordonlawrence4749]

Yep there is now even a USB pet rock.

[@VictorGarciaR]

Needs more InternetOfThings and machine learning

[@gordonlawrence4749]

The hook or pet rock?

[@jaccurtis5789]

Both

[@pizzablender]

Next version will have wifi. And an app.

[@antariksavvan]

I love how he actually printed out the photos he took earlier

[@trissylegs]

I love the simplicity of using plugging and unplugging the cable user control. Say if the chip is a MC then the two mystery pads are probably serial tx/rx. Which on many controllers is used to flash the internal rom. Edit: having read some on 6-bit MCs they tend to have multi purpose pins. But I'm guessing the pads were used for testing and/or flashing the chip.

[@FenceThis]

they likely do

[@SuperAWaC]

i assumed this was going to be one of those hidden cameras. excellent job subverting my expectations.

[@MWDFrancis]

Thank you for actually teaching me something with this silly little invention - there are too many channels that open stuff up and call it good. Worth a subscribe.

[@sdovhfunlahsvisegbakshfjbs4621]

I am amazed at my surprise after finding out that the hook only does the unnecessary thing I didn't want to expect.

[@HantsLeo]

Somehow this guy presents interestingly and with humour. Brilliant.

[@shurdi3]

1:30 "Sticking something hot and sticky onto a piece of glass sounds like a great idea. Unfortunately my showering neighbour disagreed with you, Clive

[@rickautry2759]

There's just something not right about that statement...

[@mrmaniac3]

Hold on a minute...

[@TheKamiBunny]

Hold up!

[@Ryukachoo]

thing is, removable no-residue wall hooks are incredibly useful for apartments, at the moment 3m command strips seem to be the only real solution this looks like it's a MUCH stronger hold with an arguably even easier removal process. i wonder though, is it reusable? like if you take it off one wall can you glue it to another? if so, that'd be legitimately useful stuff edit: nevermind it leaves way too much residue, not good

[@big0bad0brad]

I think it would work well on metal or glass, maybe even some paint. But I think anything with much texture or paper/fabric would be a nightmare.

[@zdw306]

Would be useful to have an accurate scale built in, then when you plug it in you can weigh an item 'up to say 20lbs or whatever' That could be useful in the kitchen, garage, bathroom, closet, bedroom, etc...

[@thelastperfectman4139]

All I can say is, when toilet paper starts have USB plugs and microchips too, I’m officially heading for the hills.

[@andydunnock8114]

Not as good as my iNail - putting a nail in the wall by twatting it with an iPhone. For heavier coats, use a bigger nail and an iPad.

[@xl000]

ijokes are so passé

[@andydunnock8114]

Yet Apple keep making them.

[@vivimannequin]

Gotta install a hammer app

[@PaulApplebyphotography]

So I'm guessing that the two smaller circles of glue are to supplement the original heating element glue? So a 3 shot device?

[@vgamesx1]

Well there's no reason you couldn't take a glue stick, cut a little piece off and toss it into the heater.

[@willrobbinson]

Paul Appleby was wondering the same , that makes sense & why u will loose some on removal as demonstrated

[@Gun4Freedom]

It's special high performance liquid infinity glue, and you need to take it to an ihook store to have it replaced by an infinity glue certified technician. If you try to replace it with your own infinity glue, you will void your warranty. The ihook OS also locks you out if you install any unauthorized 3rd party hardware. There is a list of compatible graphics cards and memory modules on the website, but you can only get them from a licensed ihook store.

[@gordslater]

next year the USB-C version will come out with no hook on it, so we'll all have to buy new coats and mugs to be compatible

[@Gun4Freedom]

I guess there is nothing for me to worry about then, all my iCoats and iHats have been updated to support the coming Bluehook 4.0 standard. I was never really a fan of physical hooks anyway, it's much more fashionable these days to hooklessly hang your iGarments at the end of the day. I heard a rumor that there might be a USB-C to hook dongle, for all those fans of obeying the laws of physics. What a bunch of dinosaurs.

[@metaleggman18]

I thought I had a stroke for a second, seeing your hands point at a giant circuit board. Your close up images are shot and printed so well, I forgot it was a photo for a second.

[@chasebh89]

Seeing "electronic wall hook" the first time was soul crushing

[@QLTD]

all these components just to melt a glue?! it would be cheaper if they just included a lighter with the hook LOL

[@QLTD]

@@andrew_koala2974 I don't think so, postage is free already and even if it weren't free, a lighter will not add any significant weight as post offices calculate weight by 500 grams increment!

[@IanSlothieRolfe]

If you soak a tissue or rag in isopropanol and hold it against most kinds of hot melt glue it soaks in and turns the glue crumbly and not very sticky, so it comes off well. I've seen this done to unstick things from pcbs and it works moderatly quickly. I think it might stain your wallpaper though :)

[@jakenkid]

Gotta say, I was super confused by the purpose of this product when Clive said it was basically hot glue, but as ever, his damn optimism had me really hoping it wouldn't just leave a skid-mark of a mess... Regardless, I just LOVE IT when Clive *talks past-tense to me*!! Thank you Clive! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Xanderfied]

This is a perfect example of inventing solutions for non-existing problems.

[@mduvigneaud]

I have seen some types of adhesive that soften to a sticky gel when heated but aren't gooey and don't come apart like that. Seems like that's what they intended, but cheaped out and just used regular hot melt glue.

[@lordmuntague]

So: a USB device that hangs around for a bit and then leaves a sticky mess...? Frankly, I'm surprised it isn't pink!

[@SeanBZA]

Probably the ones held in Customs Limbo are the pink ones.

[@davey2k12]

😂😂😂😂

[@NightlyElite]

Wow... love this

[@gabobo]

Lmfao

[@lordmuntague]

@@andrew_koala2974 I wish I had the energy... #o(

[@sd284]

I was jokingly gonna say, "is the usb gonna help the damn thing from falling off?" 😂

[@HollowQuest_KoseiZero]

This is an interesting application of simple circuitry.

[@MattOGormanSmith]

Oh look!. A handy hook to hang my expensive camera on and charge it at the same time.

[@willtato8778]

I mean, if you already have a hot glue gun at hand...

[@shuneycutt]

Willtato my thoughts exactly

[@nambinhvu]

But how to heat behind the hook for removal? Lol

[@shuneycutt]

nambinhvu isopropanol will remove the hot glue

[@nambinhvu]

@@shuneycutt so you spray isopropyl alcohol all over your wall hoping it'll get behind the hook on your wall? Depending on your wall, that might also cause damage, but I guess the glue would have as well.

[@twocsies]

A simple engineering solution would have a reservoir in the back of the hook for the hot glue gun deposit.

[@jakenkid]

"IT'S A HEWK! TIS A BEAR! IT'S AN EXCITED CLIVE!" I freaking love this fella! Thank you Clivenberger for being a badass Manxery Man of Mystery!!

[@CrypticCobra]

The one thing I learned in Engeneering school is the best inventions solve a problem nobody ever had.

[@over00lordunknown12]

1:30 "Sticking something hot and sticky on a piece of glass sounds like a great idea." - bigclive 2018

[@H4zuZazu]

First i thought i would be one of those Spy Camera Cloth/Towl Hooks.

[@skylarker1986]

I thought this was a sketch when it popped up. Love these videos.

[@DirtyApronBoy]

You do find some of the best stuff Clive.

[@thanielxj11]

A very cool video about a really weird product. I'm not sure why we have to make wall hooks so complicated

[@Furiends]

If you need something more than 3m adhesive it's called a nail. Proven technology. Yeah you have to plaster and repaint. But by the time you get done cooking your drywall and removing that hot melt you'll probably need to do that anyway. Another way is to put up a furring strip in a closet to mount various hangers. Using pretty wood for it is a nice touch.

[@johnpossum556]

Best is a stud sensor and a long deck screw.

[@matthewmiller6068]

Actually I find the nail far less damaging than the 3M strips

[@synchronizeddissonance6243]

What if ceramic bathroom tiles tho

[@rickautry2759]

Why plaster and repaint? You never heard of toothpaste?

[@synchronizeddissonance6243]

Why toothpaste when you can melt the glue off, same with the bathroom tiles. Although tbh 3m tape would probably be cheaper

[@g7puw]

Intreaguing indeed , Clive I have one for you It’s a flush switch for a caravan toilet , when we got our van from a dealer there was a huge bodge on the flush control so I ordered the right part and it turned up , interesting it has a microprocessor on it !!

[@kevin60718]

WALL HOOK: what's my purpose? RICK: To hold my Keys.

[@spikeydapikey1483]

How to leave a bogey on ya windows and walls :P

[@johnpossum556]

At least its a clear skidmark.

[@Alexander_l322]

It would come off easily but it sucks lol

[@slinkytreekreeper]

Only if the surface the surface you stick it to is non porous. Stick it to wallpaper and you ain't getting it off without damage. Even soaking everything in iso will just damage the wallpaper unless you somehow have non porous rubber sheeting on your dungeon walls.

[@Peter_S_]

My guess is that the chip is a clone of the PIC10F200. I've gone through roughly 200,000 units of the PIC10F322 in a hard drive thermal monitoring product and the footprint all lines up with a PIC10F. If it is a PIC, you should be able to connect up a PICKit to the ICSP pins 1 and 3 and to /RST on pin 6 to get an ID code at the least.

[@JockMurphy]

IIRC the pinout is the same between the PIC10F200 and the ATtiny4/5/9/10.

[@bigclivedotcom]

When I saw it in the 6-pin package the PIC10 series did come to mind.

[@Peter_S_]

Jock Murphy, right you are. The markings don't match either a PIC or AVR but with all the Arduino cloning I'm sure the AVR architecture has been reduced to Verilog so it could easily be either one. ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/Atmel-8127-AVR-8-bit-Microcontroller-ATtiny4-ATtiny5-ATtiny9-ATtiny10_Datasheet.pdf

[@JockMurphy]

Right, or some 6-pin 8051. I would love to see someone decap it to see if we can find out

[@simontay4851]

Send one to electron update. He does close up videos of chip dies.

[@dzinypinydoroviny]

"Can I hang my coat?" "Yes, but not here, the hook is low on battery."

[@LRM12o8]

Genius is the ability to solve complex problems through simple means. This is the opposite of that! 🤣

[@Fifury161]

Why is there even a market for this kind of thing?

[@shiruba2004]

because, many people live in apartments where they are not allowed to use nails

[@km5405]

because people today lack any basic skill like putting up a hook ....and a hammer and nail or a hot glue gun is far too dangerous for today's special snowflakes obviously. and like the other said sometimes you need to call in a 2 man technical team or are forbidden from making a .2mm in your wall and put a nail in godforbid. but even then strong glue will potentially fuck up your wall WORSE.

[@oscargr_]

The market for this is being created right in front of you. At least 1% of viewers is now checking out how much they cost.

[@Gun4Freedom]

Kevin Miedema, There is also new legislation requiring registration for all hot glue guns, along with serial numbers, hammer carry permit, and 5 vetted references to own what the media has begun to call "assault mallets", associated "armor piercing spike rounds", and "fully automatic inferno bonders". You can blame the Snowflakes if it makes you feel good, but in all reality, the Snowflakes are being opressed and discriminated against.

[@The-Cat]

wtf are you talking about Cyphik theres no such thing as the media calling worker tools assault weapons. quit drinking Alex Jones kool-aid.

[@benji3116]

"They have to prop their pension up somehow" Big Clive....I bloody love you hahaha

[@doctoroctos]

Every time I hang something on my hook, I ask it "Are you a robot?"

[@JU5TINPDX]

My dumb ass for the first 20 seconds: “how is the hook going to heat up the entire towel?”🤔😂

[@hackeritalics]

I actually think the concept has some potential.. I think it has two things going for it. The first is that hot glue doesn't really deteriorate like most adhesives do, so it is probably a pretty long lasting solution. The second is that it is removable without damaging the surface. (This assumes there is a way to remove the goop. ) I feel like the removability of it could be a big benefit if the adhesive is really really strong. That being said, both things are pretty "Niche". I feel like it people that need a long lasting hook could just take an existing hook from those sticky hook packs and use their own glue. lol It seems like the kind of thing that could have a commercial application, only you would take the electronics out and put them in a box. Then you'd sell the hooks with the little heating disc inside for cheap. I feel like there are industries that could use this concept to do certain things. (maybe not to attach hooks, but something else.)

[@drkastenbrot]

this must be one of the stupidest products ever made and yet i want one

[@rickautry2759]

Instant 'ghost' video.

[@darfiss616]

It really fascinates me that somebody went through all this and had to develope it. the delay mechanism is ... i dont know if it is genius. but really fascinating that nobody during developement went "do we really need this?", considering how elaborate this thing is

[@devrim-oguz]

Now a hook needs to have a computer built-in