The prize this week is a hard drive enclosure. This contest will run for one week (March 21 – 26, 2009) . 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. The picture may look a bit obscure but it was in a featured project on the site so you would be able to look back and find 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 April 4, 2009
The item to guess was a Fire Alarm Clock
The winner is Pete T. (There were 98 entries)
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Below is a picture of the prize.
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first 🙂
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DON’T PUT THE ANSWER IN THE COMMENTS!!!!!
Wow. This was a hard one to find and be sure I had the right answer. I knew what it was, but wanted to be sure.
therian… I bet you feel so accomplished now.
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this is one of the easiest…
anyone who loves to take things apart will kn0w it..
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The item was pretty obvious. Finding where this particular one was used took a little bit more hunting. It would have been a little easier if I read the directions 🙂
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Weird. That hard drive enclosure has a none standard device side usb connector. That’s supposed to be the host/up link connector.
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Strange, I’ve seen that face before
Seen him hanging ’round my door
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PLEASE! DON’T WRITE ANY HINTS IN THE COMMENTS!!!it’s really easy contest this week:)
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why the winner announcement takes so long?
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Winner announced.
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Hi Caroline,
Sorry for the delay in posting the winner. Thanks for keeping me in check! The goal is to announce the winner within a week after the contest is over. Unfortunately it doesn’t always work out… 🙂