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I just looked up titanium hammers since you mentioned it. Looking back on the hammers I've bought, a titanium headed hammer actually costs less than twice as much, which is surprising, but cool I guess? However, from what I know about the titanium they're using, it's actually softer than the cheaper steel hammers I've picked up off the shelf from ye olde big box hardware store, which, it would seem, make it a worse material for a hammer that spends its entire life smashing into things.
Yet, the advantage they claim is that, although it carries less momentum, since it weighs less, you can, strike with more directed force via your arm because you're less likely to miss.
However, if this is true, then you can do exactly the same thing with a steel hammer that weighs the same amount.
There are further claims about titanium and apparently "titanium-like" hammers. Toolguyd has quite a bit to say about them and the many dubious claims here: http://toolguyd.com/a-look-at-titanium-and-titanium-like-hammer-marketing-claims/
The difference that I'd like to point out is that I'm not making marketing claims here. I'm offering my own experiences backed up by elementary physics. Further, it is quite factual to say that the infinity keyboard is just a single electronics kit in a universe of circuits that you can construct yourself just by making solid electrical joints between passive and active circuit components. In other words, the infinity keyboard is just one circuit in an infinite space of circuits (woah!).
Learning to solder not only the infinity keyboard, but any circuit in any mode of operation and construction that you can imagine (and those you have yet to imagine!) is the spirit of this kit. Hence, the value of the kit, and of learning in general, is not really comparable to the cost of a single manufactured product. I quite like tools, as you may have noticed, and this is why.
I'll spare you the talk about John von Neumann and self-reproducing automata that I usually launch into at this point.
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