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.
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 14, 2007
The item to guess was a Spark Gap Tube, there are many uses for it, have a look at the site for more details. Congratulation to the people who guessed it correctly. I tried to make this one really hard and I was amazed at how many people got it!!!
The winner is Kevin D.
Thanks to all who entered.
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Below is a picture of the prize.
August 11th, 2007
Hi alan,
I’d like to know if i can change my “guess”, i have a better idea and thus i want to cancel my previous guess and submit a new one.
Please let me know if i can do that
Kevin
August 11th, 2007
Sure, no problem Kevin.
August 11th, 2007
I’ve sent my new guess, i’m pretty confident about it now
August 11th, 2007
What do you guys think? A bit harder to guess than the others?
August 12th, 2007
OK, this was a bit harder.
August 12th, 2007
Hi, I’d like to make a small correction to my guess. I have sent an updated email!
August 13th, 2007
awwwww nuts. I mean damn! I knew that thing and what it is used for the moment I saw it… on the 13th of August. One day too late!
Damn.. Um.. can I say what it is? Or still not allowed to?
August 13th, 2007
It will officially be announced tomorrow but since the contest entries are all done, sure feel free to put up your guess.
August 13th, 2007
I bet there were a few that were thrown off a little by the text printed on it.
August 13th, 2007
X-Ray Tube?
August 14th, 2007
@craig, yeah bedix used to manufacture dosimeters and geiger counters.
To find out what this is, you have to look closely what is in the C of “radioactive” (in the picture); well more exactly what isn’t
August 14th, 2007
ha, i just figured it out….lol….and wouldnt you know i did it after the contest is over
August 14th, 2007
Kevin, You’re right. I didn’t think anyone else would notice that. Good eye.
August 14th, 2007
Winner announced.
August 14th, 2007
Yeah that goes back a little further than me
August 15th, 2007
yeah
it required a lot of googling before i see the “gap”;
the first one i found was http://www.tubecollector.org/tg24.htm (bigger gap, but pretty much the same tube)
Alan, could we get some stats for this one?
August 15th, 2007
Hey Kevin,
There were only 39 entries for this one, I think that shows how hard it was… About 30% of them were correct.
August 17th, 2007
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