Thanks to ioBridge for sponsoring another one of our contests, the last one they sponsored was lots of fun. This time they will be providing an IO-204 Monitor and Control Module to the contest winner, this product can be found on their online store. We have featured a ton of project on Hacked Gadgets that were based on the IO-204, remember the Chicken Coop Door Automation and Monitoring, Monitor Household AC Power usage using Clamp Meters and the Web Monitoring of Water Usage?
“The IO-204 Monitor & Control Module helps bridge the gap between the physical world and the World Wide Web. The IO-204 module and online tools at www.ioBridge.com allow you to easily get your projects on the web. There is no need to run a home web server or track ever changing dynamic IP addresses. The IO-204 module takes care of the internet connectivity and the user customizable widgets on the ioBridge website remove the need for complex programming. Just plug in your IO-204 module, register on the ioBridge website and within minutes, you’ll be interacting with lights, switches, servos and sensors.
A few features include
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4 I/O channels, with separate digital input, analog input and digital output
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Pulse Counting, Pulse Output and Serial Data Output functions available on all 4 digital outputs
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Attach up to 4 Smart Boards for more complex functions
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Time interval based or event based data delivery
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On-board logic rules for control even when it’s offline.
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Works on any 10/100/1000Base-T auto-negotiated network
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Works on Static or Dynamic IP based networks, through firewall”
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This week we are doing another fun guess what this isn’t contest. Simply reply in the comments what the device pictured above isn’t. Come up with something that is remotely plausible but not what it really is and sell us on it. Make your entry funny, crazy, weird… Just use your imagination. You can enter more than once if you come up with more than one thought. With a short vote the best comment will win the prize.
Have a look at my first comment for an example entry.
This contest will run for one week (March 27, 2010 – April 2, 2010) . Ending time is based on central standard time.
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Added Apr 28, 2010
Lots of cool entries! The winner is Alex (#21)
“Oh, c’mon, don’t you all se it’s a brand new, unused,Nuclear Isotope Radioactive Washingmachine.
You just have to place the specimens inside(door not seen here)and put on your lead overalls.
The healthy 100000 Rad max dose is sure to knock out those stubburn stains and kill any living
beeing standing in a 3mile radius unprotected(including humans).It can also deal with 3 times more
load than the previous model. Those pipes are for pumping heavy water to cool and
moderate the Radium-Cobalt radioactive source.
The knobs are used to controll the radiation dose.
Note, at a price of a mere $500 000, it gives you the most bang for your buck.“
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Below is a pictures of the prize.
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This is one of the new official electronic voting machine for the 2012 US Presidential election. In the past, voting machines had placed emphasis on maximizing corporate profit, while maintaining a high level of user-perceived accuracy. In the wake of the hanging chad and Diebold email-leak fiascoes, Congress passed a law requiring voting machine user-interfaces to be representative of the device’s actual accuracy. The machines will first be placed in poor communities where they are needed the most. If their cost can be reduced by 99%, they may later be seen in other areas.
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OH MAN! I’ve always wanted one of these things!! It was one of only two (2)! Flux Capacitor prototypes known so far. Well…that is until the Russians stole it and turned it in to an implement of torture…Yep…I know what you’re thinking…electric chair, water torture…NOPE…DJ Vladimir’s new ULTIMATE TURNTABLE…yep, they through prisoners in a room and DJV mixes and scratches (digitally, of course) up some of his best techno tunes and before you know it they’re signing like canaries…sick I say…just sick.
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You’re a little late Lorenzo :p