Name the Thing Contest – 15

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Congratulation to winner of the last contest.

The prize this week is a compact flashlight, it is sure to come in handy when poking around in the dark areas behind computers and server racks. 🙂

This contest will run for this weekend only (August 11 – 12, 2007) . Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item pictured above and give an example of what can be done with it. Please do not give the answer in the comments.

 

Send an email to contest @ hackedgadgets.com with “Name the Thing Contest” as the subject, and the message body consisting of:
* The name of the item in the above picture
* An example of what the item pictured above can be used for

The winner will be chosen at random from all of the correct entries.

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Added August 14, 2007

The item to guess was a Spark Gap Tube, there are many uses for it, have a look at the site for more details. Congratulation to the people who guessed it correctly. I tried to make this one really hard and I was amazed at how many people got it!!!

The winner is Kevin D.

Thanks to all who entered.
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Below is a picture of the prize.

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20 Comments


  1. Hi alan,

    I’d like to know if i can change my “guess”, i have a better idea and thus i want to cancel my previous guess and submit a new one.

    Please let me know if i can do that

    Kevin


  3. I’ve sent my new guess, i’m pretty confident about it now 🙂


  5. OK, this was a bit harder.


  6. Hi, I’d like to make a small correction to my guess. I have sent an updated email!


  7. awwwww nuts. I mean damn! I knew that thing and what it is used for the moment I saw it… on the 13th of August. One day too late!

    Damn.. Um.. can I say what it is? Or still not allowed to?


  8. It will officially be announced tomorrow but since the contest entries are all done, sure feel free to put up your guess. 🙂


  9. I bet there were a few that were thrown off a little by the text printed on it.


  11. @craig, yeah bedix used to manufacture dosimeters and geiger counters.

    To find out what this is, you have to look closely what is in the C of “radioactive” (in the picture); well more exactly what isn’t


  12. ha, i just figured it out….lol….and wouldnt you know i did it after the contest is over


  13. Kevin, You’re right. I didn’t think anyone else would notice that. Good eye.


  15. Yeah that goes back a little further than me 🙂


  17. Hey Kevin,

    There were only 39 entries for this one, I think that shows how hard it was… About 30% of them were correct.




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