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 18 - 19, 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 22, 2007
The item to guess was a Semikron IGBT + diode module, read this for more info about insulated gate bipolar transistors. Congratulation to the people who guessed it correctly.
The winner is Michael A.
Thanks to all who entered.
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Below is a picture of the prize.
August 18th, 2007
Too easy if you know power electronics
August 18th, 2007
easily googleable :p
August 18th, 2007
I am impressed guys!
Kevin, how did you go about Googling it?
August 18th, 2007
I also found it using google. It does take some basic idea as to what it is…
August 18th, 2007
can’t remember exactly, something like “free wheel diode” “power transistor”
August 18th, 2007
That was not too bad; it was obvious what it was, and a few
seconds with google brought up the model number.
/mike
August 19th, 2007
Mail has been send…
such a flashlight is always usefull!
August 22nd, 2007
Winner announced, see post for details.