June 7, 2014

Name the Thing Contest – 253
Contests

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  The prize this week is an Arduino SD Card Reader. This contest will run for one week (June 7 – 13, 2014). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please note the image above is a side view of the thing. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest

Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 Teardown
Cool Gadgets

  Dave Jones from the EEVBlog does a Sony Mavica MVC-FD7 Teardown. I remember playing with one of these things in the store when it came out. Can’t remember what they cost but it wasn’t cheap. It is funny to think that it stores pictures on a 3.5 inch floppy drive that only holds 1.44 MB! These days you would be hard pressed to store one or two pictures from