This contest will run for one week (Aug 30 – Sept 4, 2008) . 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 16, 2008
The item to guess was a Arduino Pro
The winner is Daniel L.
Thanks to all who entered.
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Below is a picture of the prize.
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By far the easiest contest yet.
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Hey Jesse,
I thought I would do one that was a bit easier since the last few were kinda hard. 🙂
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I agree; this one is quite easy. I guess it makes up for the time spent searching for last
weeks picture, and the toroidal chessboard…
/mike
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I’m glad, it’s been awhile since I’ve even so much as guessed 😛
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Dang! I came across one of these recently someplace on the Web; now if I could just remember exactly where it was…
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uh… yeah… easy as pie
*dang it what is that thing?!?*
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It’s a knife!
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Simon: sorry to get your hopes up, but the first image is the “thing”, not the prize. I know, I’m disappointed too.
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Huh…glad it’s familiar…
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We all think this is too easy… I guess my mother would have answered like Simon. Sometimes I think we really live on another world with our little gadgets ^^
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It’s not easy for me. I have no idea other than it’s some kind of
A to D for audio or motor control. I’m curious though. If the chip
numbers weren’t obscured I could probably tell you.
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Winner announced.