Congratulation to winner of the last contest.
The prize this week is a USB power supply, charge your gear when there is no computer handy. 
This contest will run for this weekend only (August 4 - 5, 2007) . 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 August 8, 2007
The item to guess was a Toroidal Choke Coil. Congratulation to the people who guessed it correctly.
The winner is Craig F.
Thanks to all who entered.
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Below are some pictures of the prize.
August 4th, 2007
It just dosent get easyer
August 4th, 2007
Nope, this one’s pretty easy
August 4th, 2007
Look out for next weekends contest… Should be much harder.
August 4th, 2007
Thats a pretty lame prize..
August 6th, 2007
Lol, cool stuff.
August 8th, 2007
Well, donate a car and that will be next week’s prize.
August 8th, 2007
Hey Mitch,
Sorry the prize isn’t up to your standards.
I am open to prize suggestions. Keep in mind this contest runs every weekend…
Many people have mentioned that they just enjoy figuring out the contest item and are not playing just to get the prize.
August 8th, 2007
The winner is announced in the post. Thanks to all who entered!
August 14th, 2007
[…] Congratulation to winner of the last contest. The prize this week is a compact flashlight, it is sure to come in handy when poking around in the dark areas behind computers and server racks. This contest will run for this weekend only (August 11 - 12, 2007) . 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. […]