Name the Thing Contest – 95

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Thanks to Protostack. for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a ATMEGA8 Development Kit and a USBASP AVR Programmer to the winner. The development kit contains everything you need to start building ATMEGA8 circuits. The core components are the Atmega8 microcontroller and their popular 28 pin AVR development board. There are also a number of smaller components which assist in getting the Atmega8 working. The AVR programmer is based on the Thomas Fischl’s USBasp design and connects to your computer’s USB port. The USB interface is achieved by using an atmega processor and the rest is done in firmware.

This contest will run for one week (July 18 – 24, 2009) . Ending time is based on central standard time. Things are a bit different this time since I don’t even know what the tool is used for. A friend of mine owns this tool and doesn’t know what it’s called or how it’s used. Since I have no idea what the name of it is or its specific purpose you will need to also provide a Website or other documented proof that it is what you think it is.

Additional pictures can be seen on page 2, if you need a closer look full size images can be found here.

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
  • Website or other documentation showing the device purpose

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

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Added Aug 10, 2009

The item to guess was a Hollow Auger

The winner is Almost T. (There were 27 entries)

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Below is a picture of the the prize product.

See more pictures on the second page.

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43 Comments



  2. Ahhh… so we get to do the dirty work, huh? 🙂


  3. I’m pretty sure this is one of the early designs for a medieval toenail clipper.


  4. The winner will probably be chosen from 2 correct answers XD


  5. This one is easy – it’s an “Unknown Old Tool” 🙂 Actually, with a little hunting you can find it…


  6. At first I thought it was a heavy duty antique carrot peeler…


  7. Looks insidious! Keep it away from my fingers.


  8. Haven’t seen one of these in ages. I’ll give a hint. It’s a thing that does something.


  10. Hi Kozz,

    Either that or a medieval torture device. Maybe it wasn’t the mob who removed fingernails as a form of punishment!


  11. Wow Jody,

    That carrot peeler would also infuse the vegetable with lots of iron. 🙂


  12. I think you narrowed it down too far Josh. You have just ruled out the entire family of paper weights…


  13. I don’t know what it is either but I noticed my dentist has one. Next time I’m under the N2O I’ll ask him what it is.


  16. Ha! I’ve even figured out the brand name!


  18. @almost_there
    Oh dear lord. if it truly was one, you’d need 5 tetanus shots after using it.


  19. eeewww….


  20. Looks like a *** *** to me


  21. Hi Doomer,

    Please send in your guess using the email address shown. Please note that this time the contest needs proof of what it is.


  22. Just a heads up guys, if you want some good odds of winning a contest it’s looking like this one could have the best odds yet!


  23. Crap…. my bad I am so used to just having the rply option…. sorry about that!


  24. Lemme guess:
    “And the winner is: (name). There were 2 entries.”.


  25. Lemme guess:
    “And the winner is: (name). There were 2 (correct) entries.”.


  26. Sorry about the double post.
    I just realized that the above would really suck if you didn’t win, and you know you got it right 🙂


  27. i cant find it :s


  28. finally found it .. was driving me crazy.. couldn’t think of the word


  29. Any winner yet? 😛


  30. Hi Andy,

    We do have some correct answers but the contest is still on so a winner can’t be selected quite yet. 🙂


  31. Whoops! I forgot to put a link to a website for proof! Is that absolutely vital or do you have a pretty good idea already from the other correct entries? Can I email you again?


  32. Hi Redleader,

    Yes, just send in a second email with the link. I do know what it is now but I want everyone to have to provide the same type of answer so that it is fair.


  34. looks like its for stripping something..like a bark or skin..lolz


  35. Is there a winner?


  37. OK, so this contest deadline has passed… can someone with a clue tell us what this is? It’s killing me! 😉


  38. >OK, so this contest deadline has passed… can someone with a clue tell us what this is?
    >It’s killing me!

    Kozz, see Comment #17; it’s for the “Do It Yourself” type of person.


  39. Who won?

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