The prize this week is a another clamp meter. This contest will run for one week (Oct 18 – Oct 23, 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 October 31 2008
The item to guess was a Wirewound Resistor
The winner is Josh H.
Thanks to all who entered (there were 73 entries)
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Below is a picture of the prize.
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Wow, Alan. Definitely a stumper this time (for me). Certainly has to be one of those “you know it, or you don’t”. If only it were a dual-axle telephone cord spooling device.
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A little persistant googling will take you to this picture. I’m guessing this may be more
familiar to the old-timers out there…
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Steampunk corn-on-the-cob!
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LOL @ 3
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I know what those are…
they are Ben-Wa Balls for Sadomasochists.
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That prize is really hard to “resist”…
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looks like a torture device of some sort :p
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*Groan*….
That was not called for!! 🙂
Heh.. I actually found this while googling for something similar but unrelated…
Go Google and your mind-reading skills!
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A good weekend 😉
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Winner announced.
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I hope I can actually get a chance to try these.