The Mjolnir portable gaming UPS is named after Thor’s hammer, and is shaped like it too.

A digital display shows real-time stats including remaining juice and how much power connected devices are drawing.

Asus' website islight on detailsas of writing, meaning certain specifications aren’t yet known.

Drop the hammer on power outages with Asus' Mjolnir portable gaming UPS

For example, how heavy is Mjolnir?

Asus bills it as portable but that sounds more like a marketing gimmick than anything else.

Asus has managed to take a boring product category and make it interesting.

If priced attractively, it is easy to see how Asus could sell lots of these.

Price it beyond reason, however, and it’s not likely to get much traction at all.