Name the Thing Contest – 19

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Congratulation to the last winner.

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 (September 8 – 9, 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 September 11, 2007

The item to guess was a World’s First Commercial Quantum Computer, Congratulation to the people who guessed it correctly.

The winner is Imre F.

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

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16 Comments


  1. Well this is certainly an odd one…


  2. I agree; quite tough. I have a few general ideas but no clear ID on it yet.


  3. Oh man, I’m such a nerd, I know what is/for 😀


  4. Is it part of optimusprime,… naked?


  5. It’s a component of a ************ ************.


  6. Hi Anonymous,

    Please submit your answer to the email address in the post not in the comment.


  7. Glad to hear this one is challenging. Just to let you know before I read about it I had no idea what it was…


  8. or is it a deuterium injector for a warp core?


  9. so what is it now that the contest is over?


  10. IM ALIVE!!!!! i just haven’t been on in forever….


  11. Is it the gun from ‘James Bond – Man with a golden gun’ ??? Whatever it is, I want one!!


  12. Hi Chris,

    The winner and item will be announced tomorrow, a hint until then is that it is a very specialized price of computer hardware.


  13. Got it… Only a few days too late.
    /mike


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